Among his professional achievements in life, Mark co-founded and managed a private real estate brokerage and investment business, was a successful timber and ranch land investor and has owned his own multifamily development and construction company. For the past decade, he has worked in the forest investment community as a land sales manager and broker with responsibility for corporate business development and oversight of the land sales program for both retail and portfolio-level timberland dispositions throughout the Pacific Northwest region.

Mark's in-depth knowledge and years of experience in the land business has earned him recognition as a leader in the real estate community. In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious Accredited Land Consultant designation through the Realtors Land Institute, a credential held by only a handful of real estate professionals in the U.S.

Mark holds an undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in International Business Relations and is fluent in Japanese. He has completed graduate courses in real estate from New York University. In addition, he is a licensed principal real estate broker in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

Mark is a seasoned professional with extensive leadership, management, marketing, and negotiation skills acquired over his 30-year career in Real Estate.