Marc Field

Background

About Marc Field

Marc Field was previously President - CEO of First Tee - Pittsburgh (FTP)from 2008 to 2019 and was most recently Director of Capital Projects and supervised the fundraising and construction of the Arnold Palmer Learning Center in Schenley Park. Marc is currently consulting as the Project Coordinator for a feasibility study of the Future of Golf in Schenley Park to renovate the Bob O'Connor Golf Course, a municipal course in the City of Pittsburgh operated by First Tee Pittsburgh. FTP is part of a 150-chapter international youth development organization that uses golf instruction as a platform to teach life skills, core values, and healthy habits to children and teens. FTP also operates the Bob O’Connor Golf Course in Schenley Park and a three-hole practice course at First Tee of Pleasant Ridge in Stowe Township/McKees Rocks. Field previously served as Executive Director of the Center for Theater Arts for fifteen years. The Center, a nonprofit performing arts school, helped children and teens learn self-confidence, teamwork, setting goals, and positive self-esteem through the performing arts. Field was also Production Coordinator for the Hartwood Festival and Director of Marketing for the Pittsburgh Children's Festival. He has also worked as a Producer for television commercials for Camp Productions and stage manager for Actors Theater of Louisville's Humana Festival and the Public Theater in NYC. Before that, he served as Artistic Director for Jaycee: Studio for Theater Arts in NYC - a theater dedicated to new plays and was an actor in NYC. Marc has also been active as a community volunteer and has served on the boards of Jeremiah’s Place, the Mt. Lebanon Foundation for Education, Pittsburgh AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), the steering committee of PA*USA (Partnership Against Underage Substance Abuse), The Mt. Lebanon Children and Youth Consortium, special committees of the Mt. Lebanon School Board and is a member of the South Hills Business Leadership Network. He is a recognized Master Executive with The First Tee and received the 2013 Chairman’s Award. Marc’s wife, Donna, was a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in primary care with Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. HIs two children Josh and Chloe are both working professionals.