Mark is Vice President of Development for the New Monaco Enterprise Corporation — a company developing a highly innovative master-planned community in the Okanagan. He is a LEED™-accredited planner who holds professional degrees in both Landscape Architecture and Planning. Mark's past work has included serving as a city planner in Vancouver, founding and managing Vancouver's Sustainability Office, and cofounding two consulting companies — the Holland Barrs Planning Group and subsequently HB Lanarc Consultants — helping take them to national recognition for leadership in innovative planning, design and sustainability expertise. He is co-author of the book, Agricultural Urbanism, and was awarded "Planner of the Year" in 2010 by his peers in the Planning Institute of BC.