Mark Motamen

Mark Motamen is the Vice President of Finance at MDC. In this role, he is responsible for MDC’s financial strategy, stewardship, and performance. In close partnership with the executive team and senior leadership, this role supports execution of organizational strategy through financial leadership, data-informed options, and actionable recommendations. The VP of Finance provides strategic direction and hands-on oversight of financial planning and analysis, accounting operations, internal controls, compliance, audits, and financial reporting. The VP of Finance serves as a key advisor to the Board of Directors and relevant committees and represents MDC with funders, community partners, and external stakeholders as appropriate.

Mark has over 25 years of accounting and operations experience, including over ten as the senior finance executive with three different organizations. He has worked in organizations as small as four employees and spent ten years in various accounting roles with IBM. Mark served as Interim CFO for a Brooklyn, NY nonprofit and before that spent seven years as the founding CFO for Achieving the Dream. When not at work, Mark enjoys spending time at the North Carolina coast with his family, attending Carolina Hurricanes hockey games as a season ticket member, and recreational swimming.

Mark has a master’s degree in Accounting from North Carolina State University; Bachelor’s Degrees in both Accounting and Business Management from North Carolina State University, holds both the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Certified in Financial Management (CFM) designations, and completed the Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership program at Duke University.