Mark George
President Board of Trustees @Evanston Chamber Of Commerce
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WORK HISTORY
President Board of Trustees @Evanston Chamber Of Commerce
Evanston, IL, US
Fiduciary oversite for the Evanston Chamber of Commerce, an organization with 350 member businesses, providing networking opportunities, professional development, and advocacy resources for the Evanston business community.
EDUCATION
Leadership Greater Hartford
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
Indiana University Bloomington
Alumnus
Cleveland Institute of Music
BM, Piano Performance
Indiana University Bloomington
MM, Piano Performance, Cognate Field: Education
Case Western Reserve University
DMA
SKILLS
ABOUT MARK GEORGE
I am a visionary nonprofit executive with a proven record of advancing mission-driven institutions through strategic leadership, operational excellence, fund development, and creative innovation. With wide-ranging experience in leading complex projects and large teams, I am recognized as a champion of programmatic excellence, community partnerships, and strategies to expand access and inclusion.Parallel to my executive leadership roles, I am the founder and lead consultant with Mark George Consulting. I assist nonprofit organizations in transforming their bold visions into reality, helping them with strategic planning, operational management, fundraising, and governance issues.At the Music Instituted of Chicago, where I was proud to lead for fifteen years, I managed programs serving more than two-thousand students annually with national and international reach, supervised teams of twenty staff, raised over $35 million in philanthropic support, doubled endowment assets, and expanded institutional partnerships by 200%.I have a deep commitment to civic involvement and volunteerism, embracing board service with multiple organizations and volunteer consulting with the Executive Service Corps. I produced the largest community music service initiative in Chicago history and produced a colloquium called Equity and Access in Arts Education, which enlightened civic and business leaders and spawned new targeted programming.I am proud to have earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where I subsequently received the Distinguished Alumni Award. Also, I am pleased to have received a Grammy Award as a board chair and member of the Cleveland Chamber Symphony.ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE (Earlier Career)Cleveland Cultural Coalition, Manager of Cultural Arts EducationResponsible for planning, design, implementation, fiscal management and evaluation of the Initiative for Cultural Arts Education, a massive infusion of arts education in the Cleveland Municipal School District.
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