Mark McConnell, the firm's owner, also serves as chief copywriter and creative director. Mark has an MBA from Tulane University and is a member of the business school faculty at Youngstown State University.

Before founding McConnell Marketing in 1991, Mark McConnell spent ten years as a hotel marketing professional. His hospitality career started in 1984 at The Peabody Hotel in Memphis, where he served as Director of Marketing. His multi-property, multi-brand experience began when he was named Corporate Director of Marketing for Belz Hotels, The Peabody's parent organization.

In 1988, Mark joined The Kapson Group, a multi-property hotel company in New York, where he was Corporate Director of Marketing. In his years on the "client side" Mark fired nearly a dozen ad agencies and began providing "in-house" agency services... knowing he would one day start a firm of his own.

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favorite album: Sergeant Pepper
favorite movie: Taxi Driver
prized possession: Rocky, my dog
guilty pleasure: airline miles
fondest memory: getting food stamps as a grad student
dream car: Lincoln LS
i couldn't live without: my three offspring
favorite place: Sosua - Dominican Republic
proudest moment: marriage proposal acceptance (in '77)