Mark Langdale

Mark Langdale (born 1954) is a businessman and former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica (2005 to 2008). He is a member of the Board of Directors for the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Education
Langdale earned a bachelor of business administration from the University of Texas at Austin (1975), and a bachelor of laws from the University of Houston School of Law (1977). He practiced law in Houston for ten years.

Career
While Ambassador, he focused on the ratification of the Central America Free Trade Agreement. Before his appointment, he was president of Posadas USA from 1989 until 2005 (a subsidiary of Grupo Posadas) and Chairman of the Texas Department of Economic Development from 1997 to 2001.