Mark is the National Interim Chair of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC). A Noongar man from southwest WA, Mark was ordained a minister in the Baptist Church in the 1990s. His ministry has taken him from Brisbane to Perth, Broken Hill and Kalparrin near Murray Bridge in South Australia. Mark has long had a passion for empowering young Aboriginal people to grow their faith and leadership. From 2016, he served as the State Development Officer for UAICC in SA, and in April 2020 was appointed UAICC National Interim Chair.