Mark joined MLRI in 2022 as a Staff Attorney in the Housing Unit. Prior to joining MLRI, he served three years as Legal Counsel and Budget Director to State Senator Patricia D. Jehlen. In this role, he focused primarily on policy related to labor, criminal legal reform, the environment and housing. He worked on passing legislation to prevent evictions as well as to create and preserve affordable housing through a tenant's right of first refusal and a transfer fee.  Also while at the State House, Mark co-founded Beacon BLOC, a collective of staffers organizing around making cultural and institutional changes on Beacon Hill to better recruit, retain and support staffers of color. Mark got his Bachelor's Degree from Western New England University and his J.D. from Northeastern University