Academic Title(s)

• Regular faculty, CEOMPH

Bio

Mark has served as the health commissioner for the Henry County Health Department since 2018. Prior to that, Mark was the Director of Environmental Health at the Canton City Health Department for 24 years. He received his BS from the University of Akron, his MPH from Tulane University, and completed Officer Candidate School at the United States Coast Guard Academy.

In Canton, Mark campaigned for changes in local lead and indoor air initiatives through collaborative partnerships, responded to hundreds of regional health incidents in various leadership capacities, and was a liaison between government and civilian stakeholders on issues relating to public health.

As health commissioner, he completed just over 1.4 years as the incident commander for the county’s response to COVID in first preventing spread then leading the vaccination effort.

As a Lieutenant for the USCG, Mark served with the Joint Terrorism Task Force, deployed numerous times, and retired after 24 years.

Distinctions

• Decorated veteran
• Sanitarian of the year, 2014