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Mark A. Herzog has served as executive director of the Virginia Biotechnology Association (VaBIO) since August of 2000. He is responsible for the strategic direction, operations, membership and policy positions for the statewide trade group that promotes the considerable scientific and economic impact of the life sciences industry in the Commonwealth of Virginia. VaBIO is headquartered at the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park, in Richmond.
Mark currently serves on a number of statewide policy boards. He was appointed in 2006 by Governor Tim Kaine to a four year term as a member of the Economic Development Strategic Plan Steering Committee for the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 2008, Mark was named to the General Assembly’s Joint Subcommittee on Biotechnology and the Biosciences by the Rules Committee of the Senate of Virginia. From 2002 through 2005, he served as a member of Governor Mark Warner’s Virginia Biotechnology Commission.
Mark serves as the chairman of the Council of State Bioscience Associations (CSBA), the national body of all the state bioscience associations in the United States. He is also a vice chairman of the Workforce Investment Board of Richmond, Virginia and a member of the board of directors of the Mid-Atlantic Bio Coalition. He also served as a member of the executive committee for BIO 2003, the international biotechnology convention, held in Washington, D.C. Mark was also one of the three original founders of the World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond.
He previously served as international business manager and, from 1998-2000, as director of business and industry workforce development for the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining the Chamber staff, he held positions in the Virginia Department of Business Assistance and the campaign office of the late Herbert H. Bateman, former congressman for Virginia’s 1st District.
Most recently, Mark was named one of the “Top 40 Under 40″ in the Greater Richmond region by Style Weekly magazine in 2007 and was selected as a member of the Leadership Metro Richmond class of 2009. Mark is a graduate of the College of William and Mary. He is married and resides in the Ginter Park area of Richmond, Virginia.