Mark Cummings has worked for more than 35 years in the field of healthcare fundraising. He has held senior-level positions at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the its fundraising arm, the Jimmy Fund, the Cancer Center of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, and served as SVP for Development for Lifespan, a four hospital system in Rhode Island and, most recently, he held the position of as VP, Chief of Advancement and Marketing at Franciscan Hospital for Children.

He is a past president of Friday Forum, a thought-leadership organization of senior development officers in Boston and is a board member of the New England Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.