Gidi Mark has been the International CEO of Taglit-Birthright Israel since 2008.  Before his current position, he served as the project’s International Director of Marketing and Community Relations since the project’s inception in 1999.  Prior to joining the Taglit-Birthright Israel project, Mr. Mark was a diplomat for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  In this capacity he served in New York as Spokesperson and Consul for Communications and Public Affairs; in Bonn, Germany as First Secretary for Information; and as Consul and Deputy Consul General in Istanbul, Turkey.