Mark has been organizing in Montana and Indiana most of his adult life. He was the chief officer and organizer for UNITE HERE! Local 427 for 16 years. He also was President of a very active Missoula Area Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO for 12 years. Mark was the Executive Director of Montana's Jobs with Justice Chapter, and served as president on the board of directors of a Kalispell, MT nonprofit mental health agency. He currently is the Co-chair of the Labor Working Group of the Western Montana Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). And he is the principal writer and producer of a Missoula radio show called "Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99%," which can be heard on podcast at anchor.fm/vop-montana.