Director of Philanthropy and External Affairs
info@PATHNORTH.com

Mark Percy grew up in a family devoted to public and community service, and for more than two decades he has integrated a distinguished business career with leadership in the non-profit sector.  As the PATHNORTH Director of Philanthropy and External Affairs, he blends creative philanthropy into the various forum programs and explores the deeper meaning of philanthropy to our lives, families, and communities.

Mark received his BA from Stanford University and an MBA from Yale University.  Between 1986 and 2008 he held executive positions primarily in privately held firms—including President of a family business.  He also spent 4 years guiding the government business development initiatives of a Fortune 500 corporation.  Since the late 80s, he led or co-led teams that were awarded over $500 million in new government contracts, mainly in international emerging markets, but also at the state and local level in the U.S.

Today, Mark is Principal of Next Generation Strategies, LLC (www.NGS-LLC.com).  He founded the firm with a dual mission: 1) to advise families on how to engage more deeply in effective philanthropy, and 2) to use philanthropy as a means to preserve family unity, wealth, and values through the next generation.  He serves on the board of endPoverty.org, a non-profit that transforms lives through microenterprise in some of the poorest countries in the world.  He also serves on the National Leadership Council for Communities in Schools.

After residing for 20 years in Washington, DC, Mark and his wife, Leslee, moved in 2005 to California, where she grew up, and where they had met more than 30 years ago.  Their two adult children, Taylor and Gavin, also live in Southern California.