2020 Conference Session: Telling the Mission and Vision Story with Budgets
An overview of how to use narrative budgets to tell your center’s compelling story.
Presented by Charles B. Marks: A decorated, 30-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, Chuck Marks served as a Surface Warfare Officer, a fiscal policy advisor, a strategic planner, a Middle East, NATO and United Nations specialist. During his last five years in the Navy, he was the subject matter specialist on building inclusive cultures to help counter destructive behaviors such as sexual assault, suicide, domestic violence, substance abuse, and gun violence. He has held multiple commands both ashore and afloat, and has served overseas in Europe, the Middle East, and Afghanistan.
Presently, Chuck has formed his own company helping others to develop inclusive cultures, to understand their own employees better, to build climates where all are invested in the future of the organization, and to ensure that strategic planning incorporates the best of military and civilian leadership lessons. Active in his church community, Chuck just completed a three-year term on his vestry as Senior Warden and is the high school leader for the Episcopal Youth Community. He also serves as a member of the Chanco on the James Board of Directors, serves on Chanco’s Capital Campaign Executive Committee and is the Treasurer for the Diocese of Southern Virginia. Chuck is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, attended the Sorbonne University in Paris, holds a Masters Degree from the National Defense University in National Security Studies, and graduated from the German basic and intermediate courses at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA.
