Mark began his law enforcement career as an Omaha Police Officer. Currently he is the Assistant Director for Community Corrections, Douglas County
Department of Corrections and an adjunct faculty member for the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. In addition, he has been an invited guest lecturer in courses at UNO, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Creighton University, and Northeast Community College. Mark has been with the Douglas County Department of Corrections since July 2000. Previous positions held include: Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Director of Project Impact with the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Nebraska.
Mark holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice, all from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is also a graduate of Leadership Omaha (Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation) and currently serves on Youth Leadership Omaha’s curriculum committee.
Mark serves on numerous boards and committees, including the Nebraska Humanities Council, Alegent Health’s Institutional Review Board, Family Housing Advisory Services, Project Safe Neighborhood, Christian Urban Education Service, Nebraska Corrections Association, Douglas County Pension Board, YWCA Program Committee, and the Nebraska Criminal Justice Review Advisory Committee.
Mark has received many honors and awards exemplifying his dedication to the City of Omaha, including the prestigious Director’s Award for Outstanding Contributions in Law Enforcement – Executive Office for United States Attorneys, United States Department of Justice.
Mark holds membership in several professional organizations including Pi Alpha Alpha (the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration), the American Society of Criminologists, the Homicide Research Working Group, the American Correctional Association, and the Nebraska Correctional Association.
Mark has collaborated on two papers which were presented at conferences: (1) Dufner, D. and Foxall M. (2002) “Information Sharing: Integrating Islands of Statewide Data into a Web-based Data Warehouse for Juvenile Accountability,” EPSCOR Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 4, 2002; (2) Dufner, D.; Foxall, M.; and BJ Reed (2002). “A Case Study: Creation of a Web-Based Data Mart for Douglas County and the City of Omaha to Increase Criminal Justice Productivity and Effectiveness,” Knowledge and Management 2002 Conference, April 22 – 25, 2002.
Mark presented his research, “Latino Homicides: The Influence of Residential Segregation,” at the summer conference of the Homicide Research Working Group in Orlando, Florida, June 6, 2005, and the Heartland Latino Leadership Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, November 4, 2005. In addition he has made several invited presentations to professional and lay groups and served on various panels (e.g. the National Academy of Public Administration's Social Equity Conference, and the UNO School of Social Work’s Annual Symposium and Gandhi Award).
