Mark Chandler is the Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of International Trade and Commerce. Mark has been with the City of San Francisco government for over 25 years and has served six mayors.   Mark is responsible for international business and development programs of the City of San Francisco, including Sister City ties, trade and investment projects, trade missions, import and export promotion and international business attraction.  Mark focuses on projects that require close business-community-government cooperation in order to assure that San Francisco expands its role as an international gateway and commercial center.

He has a BA in Economics from U.C. Davis and an MBA in International Marketing from U.C. Berkeley.  Mark also studied Japanese Language at the Tokyo Academy of Japanese.