Mark serves Western Washington University as Associate Vice President for University Advancement, and also serves the WWU Foundation as Vice President and CFO. Mark’s responsibilities include oversight of all treasury, investments, accounting and financial reporting as well as all legal and real estate development. Mark joined WWU in January 2012. Prior to Western, Mark worked for ten years at the Ryzex Group where he served in various senior roles from Controller, to Vice President for Human Resources, to Director of Corporate Sales.

Mark began his career at EY, earning his CPA license while performing audit and assurance work. Mark also spent five years working for a Bellingham-based development company, specializing in North and South American forest products development.  During this time, Mark lived in Venezuela and worked on projects located in Argentina, Chile and Peru.

Mark earned his bachelor’s in business administration from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.  Mark also serves on the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Board for District VIII.