For the past several years, Mark has served as the Senior Vice President of Entrepreneurship & Venture Development with the Arizona Commerce Authority where he has used his background in Private Equity, Consulting, Social Entrepreneurship and Community Building to help build one of the country’s best startup ecosystems and most resilient economies.

Today, Mark is the Managing Director at The Journey Venture Studio. The Journey recently launched as a Phoenix-based venture studio designed to create new healthcare startups with diverse founders. The studio works with entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds across the country, helping them prototype, scale and commercialize digital health platforms.