Vice President–Professional Relations Nominee

Mark M. Chain
Mark M. Chain is the National Director of Recruiting and Human Resources Management at Deloitte & Touche. He is a member of the Board of Directors and President of the Deloitte Foundation.

Mark graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1978 and served audit clients of the Pittsburgh office of Deloitte & Touche for 14 years. He was admitted as a partner of Deloitte & Touche in 1988 and served primarily large and multinational corporations. He also served as the International Services Coordinator and the Professional Development Director in the Pittsburgh office. He relocated to Wilton, Connecticut in 1992 to assume some of his present responsibilities.

Mark is a CPA and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and served for three years on the Academic and Career Development Executive Committee of the AICPA.

He has been active in many professional and community organizations, including the United Way of Allegheny County fund-raising campaigns and corporate volunteerism initiatives, and has served on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Southwest Pennsylvania, Inc., and the National Advisory Forum of Beta Alpha Psi. Mark is a member of several committees of the American Accounting Association and serves as a member of the Accounting Programs Leadership Group Board of Governors and the Board of Directors of the Federation of Schools of Accountancy. He is past Chairman of the Accounting Advisory Board of Duquesne University and is presently a member of the Accountancy Advisory Board of the University of Notre Dame, the Leventhal School of Accounting Board of Advisors of the University of Southern California, and the Accounting Advisory Board of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mark and his wife, Deb, reside in Ridgefield, Connecticut with their children, Rebecca, Sarah, and Adam. Mark is an avid sports fan, particularly football and auto racing, and enjoys playing golf.

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