Mark Van Grinsven

Senior Consultant
mvangrinsven@ccachicago.org
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Mark is a Senior Consultant at Civic Consulting Alliance. Since joining Civic Consulting in 2015, he has worked in the Education, Safety & Justice, and Economic Vitality platforms, including projects related to financial literacy, data analytics, organizational structure, strategy, and training.

Currently, Mark is working on Economic Vitality projects as well as supporting the organization's pro bono partner management processes and nominating and governance practices for Civic Consulting Alliance’s Board.

Prior to joining Civic Consulting Alliance, Mark had a varied and extensive financial services career with The Northern Trust Company. After a range of corporate banking roles, including large corporate, middle market and commercial real estate, Mark moved into Northern’s institutional asset servicing and asset management businesses. That period included five years as General Manager of the bank’s London Branch, functioning as the Region Executive for Europe/Africa/Middle East. Returning to the Chicago head office, Mark took on a risk management role and then assumed responsibility for the firm’s global securities finance business. He concluded his Northern Trust career as Chief Credit Officer for the corporation, responsible for managing credit risk globally for all lending, trading and money market exposures.

Mark earned his BBA in Finance (with highest honors) from the University of Notre Dame and received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. His personal interests include travel, golf, music and reading. He serves as an Independent Board Member of International Decorators Inc. (an ESOP-owned commercial contractor), a director of Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund and was a Trustee of Roosevelt University from 2006-16.