Mark Hopkins
President & CEO
mhopkins@alliancerd.org | 312-998-1202
Mark Hopkins is known as an executive who gets things done and successfully implements positive change. Based on a foundation of strategy with complete implementation planning, execution and evaluation, Mark has been able to lead organizations large and small, for-profit and not-for-profit, to success. Whether a large international organization or a start-up, each has benefitted greatly from Mark’s work.
Prior to his appointment as Executive Director of Chicago Central Area Committee and President & CEO of Alliance for Regional Development, Mark served as CEO and Chief Strategy Officer of TCMH Strategy LLC, a boutique strategy development and implementation company with clients ranging from non-profits seeking to grow rapidly or merge with another organization to Fortune 100 companies with specific strategy and implementation challenges.
Just prior, Mark was Chief Strategy Officer of AAUW, the leading membership organization working toward gender equity in America and around the world. Additionally, for almost a year, Mark was Interim Chief Executive Officer of this $24+ million organization during a time of significant organizational change and growth while they searched for a new permanent CEO.
Prior to being Interim CEO, Mark also held the Chief Strategy Officer position and had responsibility for all revenue generation, including membership growth and fundraising, strategic alliance and collaboration development, strategic planning, and strategic communications initiatives among several other duties. Mark also evaluated and managed the sale and acquisition of multiple real estate and program intellectual property assets including the sale of the national headquarters building and subsequent lease, build-out and relocation of the 100-member staff.
With over 25 years experience working for and with non-profit organizations and major corporations, Mark has been an executive with American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and USO World Headquarters. As a consultant in his own practice he has worked with Target Corporation, The Estee Lauder Companies, Nike, JP Morgan Chase & Company, and several others on strategy and implementation, innovation development, strategic alliance and business development projects, as well as strategic philanthropic efforts.
Also known as a dynamic speaker, Mark has made several international presentations including research presentations at APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam and Lima, Peru, as well as a strategy presentation in London, United Kingdom.
Mark has served as a volunteer with several non-profit organizations, currently as a member of the Board of Trustees of the U. S. Capitol Historical Society and also as a member of multiple committees with The University Club of Washington DC. Past service includes an international multi-year forum with the Pan American Health Organization and the National Leadership Council of the National Hemophilia Foundation.