Mark is the National President for the 2025-2026 program year. He has had a successful career as a Director of Internal Audit, serving as the Chief Audit Executive within state government agencies in New York and Connecticut. He also served as the Director of Internal Audit in KPMG’s Assurance Services practice in Albany, NY.

He has spoken about internal control frameworks, financial management, fraud, audit report writing, and other aspects of the internal auditing profession throughout the U.S. He was also an Adjunct Instructor at the nationally ranked Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, Department of Public Administration, from 2017 to 2019, where he taught Governmental Accounting to graduate school students.
Earlier in his career, Mark was one of just five Regional Finance and Administration managers in the U.S. for a high-tech Fortune 500 company, responsible for an eleven-state region. Before that, Mark began his career in the Controller’s Department at the World Bank in Washington, DC.

Mark also has extensive experience in AGA and associations. He is a past president of the AGA Albany Chapter and has served as a vice president in several chapter officer roles for many years. He previously served as the Regional Vice President (RVP) for the Northeastern Region of AGA. At the national level, he previously served on the AGA Journal editorial board and the Finance and Budget Committee. He is an AGA National Governing Board officer and Chair of the National Council of Chapters.
Mark was president of the New York State Internal Control Association (NYSICA) for several terms. He is also a former Chair of the NYS Forum, Inc., past Chair of the IIA’s Albany Chapter Research Foundation, and a former Research Foundation associate with the IIA.

Mark has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting and an M.B.A. in finance and investments from George Washington University, located in our nation’s capital. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and passed the Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) exam to earn his CGFM designation. Mark lives in the Capital Region of Connecticut.