{"id":43182,"date":"2025-07-21T09:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/?page_id=43182"},"modified":"2025-07-22T07:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:34:58","slug":"donald-van-de-mark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/about-ste\/our-board-advisory-council\/donald-van-de-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Van de Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Donald Van de Mark<\/h2>\n

Advisory Council Member<\/h3>\n
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Donald Van de Mark is a former television reporter, anchor, internet entrepreneur, real estate sales leader and author of The Good Among the Great: 19 Traits of the Most Admirable, Creative and Joyous People. He produced and hosted public broadcasting series Great Entrepreneurs and Great Leaders, profiling figures such as: Andy Grove, Bill Bradley and Martha Stewart. At CNNfn, he co-created and anchored several shows including Washington Unwrapped and Street Sweep, and broke major financial news such as the near-collapse of Long Term Capital Management in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prior to that, Van de Mark served as QVC\u2019s Director of Corporate Communications under Barry Diller, helping lead messaging during major acquisition attempts. He also worked as CNBC\u2019s National Correspondent in Washington, D.C., and began his journalism career at CBS and ESPN\u2019s Business Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Van de Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Tufts University and is now a public speaker and commentator on sales, leadership and personal identity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n