“Learn. Grow. Contribute. The GVLT Board and GVLT offer a unique opportunity to contribute my life-learned experiences to an organization that’s dedicated to the ‘preservation of the things that make southwest Montana very special.’”

As a happily retired husband and father (although he really enjoyed his 40-year career), Mark cherishes living and recreating in Montana. Being born overseas to adventurous Montana parents afforded him a world of experiences as a child. After graduating from the University of Montana with a degree in forest management, Mark’s career choices were interesting and varied, including working as a whitewater canoe trip leader in Maine, being a professional forester for private industry in Montana, and doing graduate study and work in silviculture. In his second career, he contributed to organizations as an Organization Development Manager and internal Senior Consultant for Fortune 100 and 500 forest products companies. This included leadership development, organizational redesign, project management, Director of Human Resources, and foreign consulting assignments in Eastern (post-Communist) and Western Europe and South America. Mark then spent some years in Saudi Arabia to help redesign an organization while providing leadership and project management skills for the world’s largest oil company. Currently in his third retirement, Mark and his wife enjoy camping, canoeing, alpine and cross-country skiing, and volunteering for and supporting various organizations in Bozeman and nearby.