Mercer joined the team in late 2004. She brings eight years experience in sales, marketing, and public relations. For the last two years, she operated her own PR & design company, MERCERIZE, working with a wide variety of clients, including musicians, jewelry designer Kendra Scott, a wind chime manufacturer, and other small businesses.

She spent three years with Austin-based lobbying firm, Strategic Partnerships, and worked in the high-tech arena with a software company and an up-and-coming telecommunications firm. She also co-owned and operated a furniture import store, during a period of temporary insanity.

Mercer is a published writer and photographer with a degree in Communications from the University of Texas.