GROWTH & IMPACT WEEK SPEAKER LINEUP
The speakers at Growth and Impact Week are award-winning advisors, operators, and thought leaders who don’t just understand growth and impact, they execute it. Each speaker has been selected for their ability to translate methodology into real-world implementation, sharing how they’ve built in-demand practices through intentional, ROI-driven relationships with business owners. Expect candid perspectives, practical frameworks, and honest discussion around what works in today’s market, from client selection and trust-building to accountability, culture, and value creation. This is not a stage of theorists; it’s a room of practitioners committed to helping you apply what you learn and accelerate results in your firm.
Mark Sitzman
Mark is a managing director for Foundation Source, the nation’s largest provider of technology, administration and expertise for private foundations and planned giving. He manages the firm’s Mid Central region, operating out of his office in...
ABOUT MARK
Mark is a managing director for Foundation Source, the nation’s largest provider of technology, administration and expertise for private foundations and planned giving. He manages the firm’s Mid Central region, operating out of his office in Chicago, IL, and works directly with families and foundations – and in partnership with private wealth advisors, family offices, and attorneys – to cultivate a comprehensive operational solution for private foundation clients. Mark is a native Midwesterner, where he spent his career as a strategy consultant at top-tier firms and in related roles at large financial institutions. He has served as an executive director at Morgan Stanley Asset Management where he provided thought leadership on corporate strategy, distribution, and Fund Board governance. More recently Mark was a managing director in the investment banking unit at Aon, Plc where he was responsible for exploring new sources of value for corporate clients in New Ventures Group.
Philanthropy has played an increasingly important role in Mark’s life, both personally and professionally. As a trusted advisor he employs his unique capabilities and connections to help non-profit entities address complex matters related to strategic growth, sustainability, and governance. He has worked with corporations, granting organizations, and families, many of whom invest generously in their communities, to bring their philanthropic vision to fruition. Mark has served as trustee, board member, and most rewardingly mentor to next generation philanthropists and non-profit leaders.
Mark received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Iowa, his home state, and currently resides with his family in Oak Park, Illinois where he spends his personal time pursuing philanthropic interests in his various communities including:
• Promotion of inclusion and development of community, social, and professional infrastructures to improve the quality of life for people with special needs
• Community stewardship toward sustainability and well-being of all youth, our environment, and our future leaders
• Inspiration and education of future philanthropists to instill in them a life-long interest in community philanthropy and charitable involvement