As Program Manager for the Pacific Region’s Sierra Nevada office, Mark provides support for NPCA’s conservation efforts in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks, as well as in the surrounding Central Valley and Sierra Foothill Communities.

Prior to joining NPCA in the summer of 2017, Mark spent time as a policy fellow with Save the Bay, and as a legal intern with the Sierra Club and the U.S. EPA’s Stratospheric Protection Division. Mark received his Juris Doctor in environmental law from Vermont Law School, and his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas. Outside of work, Mark can be found hiking and camping around the Sierras, or at his home in Fresno writing music alongside his cat Miles.