Meet The Candidates
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Name: Mark Lane
Age: 57
Marital Status: Married 20+ years
Spouse Name: Theresa
Children Names & Ages: Mackenzie “Mack” (17) & Levi (15) attend Grosse Ile High School
Religious Affiliation: Catholic
Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan
Years on Grosse Ile: 6 1/2 years
Current Home Address: Thorpe Ct.
Career Summary: Mort Crim Communications, Inc. Senior Communications Executive. Award- winning communications and marketing specialist with over 20 years of experience generating and creating engagement opportunities. Results-driven expert in building relationships, leading and developing marketing and communication teams, creating and implementing digital strategies, and an enthusiastic and innovative problem-solver with proven ability to consistently improve methods and generate creative solutions.
Professional Awards: * Winner of 2 Emmy Awards for Local Programming Sports & Entertainment.
* National Communicator Award (2019) for the rebranding/campaign launch of Detroit Water and Sewerage Working Hard for You.
* Instrumental in Goodwill Achieving Crain’s 2011 Best Managed Non-Profit and EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist 2014 & 2015
* Won Hermes 2011 Gold Award winner for Goodwill’s Store Grand Opening
* Crain’s 2009 Innovator of the Year for Social Media Strategy
* Hermes 2009 Creative Award winner for “Broadcasting for Jobs” Media Response
* 2009 Michigan Non-Profit Pacesetter of the Year for use of social media tools in promoting organization’s brand
Education & Degrees: Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts, Radio & Television Broadcasting Certificate
Detroit College of Business, Concentration in Marketing
Henry Ford Community College, Concentration Jazz Studies
Pendaran Inc., Professional Executive Training & Coaching
Community Involvement: Grosse Ile Youth Recreation Association (GIYRA) Director of Baseball for 2015 & 2016. Coach.
CYO Head Coach/Baseball Director 2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Political Affiliation: Republican
Campaign E-mail: marklane4giclerk@gmail.com
Fun Facts: Mark plays the saxophone and sings in a band named Motor Honey that play rock, blues and popular music
mark & theresa