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Mark Light, MBA, Ph.D. has more than 20 years of frontline leadership experience. Known for his contagious enthusiasm and high energy, he is president and founder of First Light® Group, which is Putting Your Future Within Reach® with Coaching, Competitive Strategy Initiatives, Dr. Conflict, Presentations, and Publishing. As a practioner, Mark's past experience includes 15 seasons as president of the Victoria Theatre Association where he led its "You are the star" turnaround into a top-30 performing arts center with audiences up five-fold to 900,000, annual income up 24-fold to $21.3 million, $2 million in year-end surpluses delivered, and three new venues opened including the $130 million Schuster Center. He was a decade-long Tony® Awards voter and won the first ever Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award from the League of American Theatres and Producers, whose members vote on the Tony's. As an author, John Wiley & Sons published Mark's most recent book, Results Now and his earlier The Strategic Board, and BoardSource published his Executive Committee. His writing has appeared in Board Member magazine, the Nonprofit Management and Leadership Journal, and the Nonprofit Quarterly, which is home to Mark's Dr. Conflict advice column. As an educator, Mark is executive in residence at DePaul University's School of Public Service. He was most recently visiting assistant professor at Wright State University's Raj Soin College of Business and affiliate faculty member at Case Western Reserve University's Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations where he received the 2010 Mandel Center Teaching Award. Mark holds a BFA from Drake University, an MBA from UCLA, and a Ph.D. from Antioch University. As a volunteer, Mark has mediated for the Dayton Mediation Center in small claims and juvenile court. His past board service includes Mound Street Academies, the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations, Bank One - Dayton NA, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and AIDS Foundation Miami Valley. Click for Mark's curriculum vitae and for the farewell press upon his departure from the Victoria. |
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