With deep family roots in the Chapin community, Mark graduated from Chapin High School and went on to the University of South Carolina to earn a Bachelors of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and Mass Communications.  After USC, Mark began his career at South Carolina ETV as a broadcast engineer. Soon afterwards, Mark met his wife Andrea.  They have been married for 23 years with three awesome children, Chas, Gabe and Lauren.  In 2014, Mark left SCETV to join the University of South Carolina to help launch the SEC Network in partnership with ESPN.  After 30 years of state service in mass communications, Mark is now working with the CCCC team to spread God’s word both here and afar.