Strategy
that flows.
I work with foundations, arts organizations, and cultural institutions to see what's missing and build what's next. Three decades creating systems that last—grassroots to global.
The Eye of an Artist.
The Mind
of an Entrepreneur.
I don't translate between cultures—I inhabit both.
30 years moving between contradictory worlds—underground hip-hop and the United Nations, prison yards and foundation boardrooms—forged the capacity to see gaps others miss and build systems where the excluded gain voice, the isolated find community, and impossible futures become inevitable.
The results speak:
Foundation advisor to
$7M program supporting
136 artists and 135 orgs
Raised $2M over 14 years
sustaining non-profit
elderly chorus
Co-created 7-year prison
arts program serving
150+ participants
Featured Work.
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
VALLEYCREATES
Co-authoring a new paradigm in foundation funding to catalyze a regional arts ecosystem—what happens when you give the people closest to the work real decision-making power.
Trusted By
“Mark brings rare clarity and depth to complex challenges. As an artist, he approaches his advisory work the way he approaches his creative work — with curiosity and a deep respect for process. He listens with intention, thinks expansively, and turns insight into meaningful action. Phloetic is a natural extension of his ability to help people and organizations move forward with purpose and integrity.”
Nicole Bourdon
Senior Program Officer, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
“Mark was instrumental in Young@Heart's virtual concert pivot during the pandemic. Constructing this model required technical skills, creativity, adaptability, and utter resourcefulness—all of which Mark brought in spades. He was an essential ingredient in Young@Heart's recipe for organizational survival at the most difficult moment any nonprofit could encounter.”
Ariel Glassman Barwick
Founder & CEO, Common Great
Let’s talk.
Whether you're a foundation rethinking how power flows, an arts organization navigating transformation, or a cultural institution designing something new—let's have an honest conversation about what's stuck and what flowing would look like.