Mark Ackermann Email & Phone Number

Freehold, New Jersey, United States

Mark Ackermann is a leader in the Not-For-Profit sector. A senior executive with extensive leadership, operational, fundraising, and management experience in complex, mission-driven institutions, Mark has a proven ability to lead multiple constituencies to advance the organization’s mission and to form partnerships with board members, physicians, government officials, media, corporations, foundations, and major philanthropists. He excels at facilitating strategic decision making through consensus building, creative planning, as well as developing strong, diverse voluntary boards and paid staff to implement them. Having spent over three decades working with renowned New York healthcare, educational, faith-based, and philanthropic organizations, Mark recognizes that there is an urgent need for nonprofits to re-imagine their focus, priorities, marketing, and fundraising, therefore he has created Mark Ackermann Associates a consulting and branding agency.Mark Ackermann Associates will work with large and small mission-driven organizations alike. Services include:+ Strategic Planning+ Governance Evaluations and Reconfiguration+ Comprehensive Fundraising Services+ Branding+ Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Media Relations+ Government Relations

Long Island, New York

In 2018, Mark was named as the first President and CEO of the Catholic Community Foundation of Long Island, New York. In this role, Mark oversaw the organization and operationalization of the foundation that coordinated fundraising, investment, and distribution of philanthropic resources for the Catholic ministries within the Diocese of Rockville Centre and its surrounding communities. The Foundation conducted a study for a $200 million Diocesan-wide campaign to include all 138 parishes and the major ministries of the Diocese. As part of this campaign, it began working with a number of parishes on local appeals, and successfully launched a $10 million campaign to revitalize Catholic Schools in the Diocese, as well as a $2 million effort for the Hispanic Ministry.

New York, Ny

Until December 2018, Mark served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Lighthouse Guild International and President of Lighthouse Guild Services and Programs Corporations. Lighthouse Guild is an international leader in the provision of clinical care, rehabilitative services, cutting-edge research, and education for individuals who are blind, are affected by low vision, or are multi-disabled. Lighthouse Guild International was formed in 2013 as a result of a merger which Mr. Ackermann was influential in accomplishing between Lighthouse International and Jewish Guild Healthcare, two century-old vision and healthcare organizations. In addition to running the day-to-day operations of the Lighthouse Guild, he is also working on a number of new mergers and acquisitions for the organization. Prior to the merger, Mark served as President and CEO of Lighthouse International for five years.

New York, Ny

Mark served as the President and CEO of Lighthouse International for five years. During that time, Mark successfully undertook a comprehensive transformation of the internationally renowned organization, including the reorganization of the operations of the corporation, enhancing revenue by 14% and reducing expenses by 19% during that timeframe. He effectively reorganized all corporate functions of the enterprise to create an effective workflow for the agency. He significantly enhanced the practice pattern of the clinical programs of the Lighthouse and effectively increased patient volume by more than 40% in one year. He also undertook the total restructuring of the finance division and the entire revenue cycle operation. He restructured the governance structure including the Board of Directors and all board committees, as well as the organization’s various advisory boards. During this time period he completed the merger of two smaller organizations into the Lighthouse International Corporation and effectively and seamlessly transferred the programs into the Lighthouse’s wide array of offerings. He successfully hired a new administrative team and changed the corporate culture to one where employee morale has significantly improved. In addition, he reorganized the fundraising functions of the organization. Mark also spearheaded a strategic planning effort which created a platform that will assure the sustainability and growth of the Lighthouse and better position the organization for the next century of service or to part of a significant merger.

From 2007 through 2009, Mark served as the Special Assistant to His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Egan and Executive Director of the Office of the Papal Visit for the Archdiocese of New York. In this capacity he was responsible for all aspects of the Pastoral Visit to The Archdiocese of New York by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in April 2008. He coordinated the planning and execution of eight major events in and around the City of New York during the Holy Father’s visit. He coordinated all federal, state, and city agencies involved in the visit as well as the various offices of the Vatican and the Archdiocese of New York. After the Papal visit, he continued to work on a myriad of special projects for the Cardinal, related to the operations of the Archdiocese of New York.

New York, Ny

During his twenty-five year career at St. Vincent’s, Mr. Ackermann had extensive administrative and operational responsibility. As Chief Administrative officer of SVCMC Mr. Ackermann coordinated all corporate matters of the $1.6 billion health care system, which, at its peak, included eight acute care hospitals, one specialty hospital, four nursing homes, one assisted living facility, a hospice, and the largest hospital-based home health care agency in New York State. He had direct responsibility for the Board of Directors and all board committees as well as matters relating to the system’s membership corporation and subsidiary corporations. His responsibilities also included oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Office of the President and actively leading the system’s Government Affairs efforts in New York, Albany and Washington, D.C. He also served as President of the system’s Foundation, which raised philanthropic and government grant support for various programs of the system through special events, annual appeals, foundation and corporate grants, planned giving, and major gifts. He successfully concluded three capital campaigns over a twenty-year period in addition to launching the $100 million capital campaign.

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