Mark Cafferty is the president and chief executive officer of the San Diego Workforce Partnership, a non-profit organization that funds job-training programs for the San Diego region. 

Mark has spent the past sixteen years designing systems to support career advancement and economic opportunity for American workers.  He has served in numerous public-sector leadership positions and has been sought as a consultant on workforce and education reform efforts throughout the country. 

A Boston native, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and Communications from Assumption College in Worcester, MA, and his advanced certification in Performance Measurement and Non-Profit Management from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. 

Mark was recently selected as a Center for Social Innovation Fellow in the Executive Program for Non-Profit Leaders at Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

He resides in San Diego’s Point Loma neighborhood with his amazing wife Charlene Kakimoto, M.D.  Charlene is a board certified dermatologist and a lieutenant commander with the United States Navy.