After working on Capital Hill with a US Senator in charge of HUD, NASA, and Appropriations Committees; Mark ventured to California in 1993 immediately got his California Real Estate License, and quickly rose the ranks as a mortgage consultant and manager in his first 10 years in real estate. In 2003 he crossed over into the luxury residential and commercial real estate sector where he has had similar success in producing and managing at 2 different Newport Beach Boutique Real Estate Firms until joining Compass in the Fall of 2017 after serving as President and a Director for the Newport Beach Board of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors in the years prior. In his spare time, he has coached local youth, high school, and collegiate lacrosse teams and participates in various philanthropies such as Orangewood Foundation, Orange County Youth Sports Foundation, and Ambassadors Of Compassion; all the while supporting his family and carefully growing his real estate team.