Mark has over fifteen years\u2019 experience within the marketing and public affairs industry in a variety of operational and managerial positions across several sectors including retail, insurance, financial services, and non-profits. Overseeing all elements of Team NEO\u2019s marketing and communications team, Mark is responsible for creating and accelerating the organization\u2019s marketing strategy and brand recognition across the Northeast Ohio Region and beyond. He is focused on driving the vision of helping promote Northeast Ohio, offering local partners a more powerful platform to share their successes, market their assets, and attract more investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Very active in the local community Mark, currently serves as Chair of the Business Advisory Committee at Cuyahoga Community College, President of the Cleveland Irish Business Network and Co-Chairs the Sister Cities Committee at Global Cleveland. He has also served as Chair of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission Associate Board and is a past board member of Ohio City Incorporated where he remains involved as a member of the Irishtown Bend Park strategy and development committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark was appointed as the first ever Honorary Consul of Ireland for Ohio in March 2023. The role an important element of the Irish State\u2019s global engagement, supporting the broader development of economic, business, and cultural relations while providing consular assistance and services to Irish citizens. He joins a network of approximately 100 Irish Honorary Consuls or Honorary Consuls General throughout the world, including 10 in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born in Derry City, Ireland, Mark moved permanently to the US (Cleveland area) in 2001 having previously studied at John Carroll University as part of a scholarship program. Prior to this he studied at Manchester University, where he graduated with a production management degree, and he recently completed his Executive MBA at South East Technological University (SETU), Ireland. Married to his wife Maria, they have two wonderful children, along with two crazy dogs and a bird. They reside in Rocky River on Cleveland\u2019s west side. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19758,"template":"","department":[29],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northeastohioregion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/16599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northeastohioregion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northeastohioregion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northeastohioregion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northeastohioregion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northeastohioregion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=16599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}