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Mark Howard Chichester is the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute's Socrates Society, a forum for emerging leaders to explore pressing leadership challenges of our times. Mark previously worked for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Special Programs Corporation where he served as the Director of the Division of Policy Studies, overseeing the Institute for International Public Policy and two research centers. Earlier in his career, Mark held a Shapiro Fellowship in the Republic of Korea.

He served on the Director General's Policy Coordination Staff at the Department of State and, prior to that, worked for General Instrument Corporation. Mark is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has served on the US Army Chief of Staff's Eisenhower National Security Series Working Group. He serves on the boards of the Forum on Education Abroad and the Woodridge Youth Organization. Mark holds degrees in business and law from The George Washington University and attended Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC.

The mission of the Aspen Institute is to "foster enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue." The Institute's seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership development initiatives "offer a chance for restorative reflection on the meaning of the good life, leadership, and sound public policy based on nonpartisan principles and timeless ideas."