Mark Bachmann

Partner, Marcus Thomas LLC

Board Member Since

2023

About Mark

Mark began his career in 1983 at an advertising agency in Akron, followed by the purchase of a small agency in Youngstown, Ira Thomas Associates, in 1992 with a couple of partners. In 2000, Mark and his partners acquired Cleveland-based Marcus Advertising to become Marcus Thomas. Since then the marketing agency has acquired DigiKnow, a digital marketing and technology firm, and Devs United, a sales and marketing automation company with a focus on Salesforce platform optimization, and has formed a partnership with Svoboda Capital Partners. In addition to serving on the Akron Community Foundation board, Mark is the chair of Luckie and Associates, and serves on the boards of the Jesuit Retreat Center and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio. He has served on the boards of the American Marketing Association, 4A's (American Association of Advertising Agencies) National Board of Directors Walsh Jesuit High School and Junior Achievement.