Mark McDaniel

Background

About Mark McDaniel

Over 20 years experience advising, designing and implementing education, community economic development, systems reform and philanthropic initiatives intended to improve the socio-economic outcomes of low and moderate income people and their communities. Notable Accomplishments: Founding Director, Bridges2Success an early-childhood to career research and education initiative focused on helping males of color achieve academic and life success Served as Program Director and Principal Investigator for urban/rural models of pre-k-12 education reform and complementary multi-university post secondary education models focused on North Carolina’s minority serving institutions Coordinated technical assistance in the area of family economic success for the Annie E Casey Foundation’s 10 year multi-million dollar investment in neighborhood change strategies Led formative planning and design efforts that launched neighborhood based employment/benefit access/financial service centers that were implemented in over sixty organizations across 20 cities Provided leadership support and strategic planning consultation for the nation’s largest family resource center facility Led development of three comprehensive websites, one site targeted to community development practitioners and the remaining sites targeted to audiences interested in improving outcomes for young males.