Mark Feierstein has served for more than three decades at senior levels in the public and private sectors. He is a senior advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group, the U.S. Institute of Peace and GBAO, a polling firm. Mark's government experience includes stints as senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs and special assistant to the president on the National Security Council, acting deputy administrator as well as assistant administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at the U.S. Agency for International Development, and acting deputy chief of mission for the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States. Outside government, Mark has also been director for Latin America at the National Democratic Institute and a journalist in Mexico and the United States.

The predominant theme of Mark's career has been the protection and promotion of democracy and respect for human rights. He has published on those and other topics related to U.S. foreign policy and Latin American politics in prominent newspapers and journals. Mark has a bachelor’s in international relations from Tufts University and a master’s in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.