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Mark LaVern Pope, Ed.D. (born April 23, 1952 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA) is professor and chair of the Division of Counseling and Family Therapy at the University of Missouri - Saint Louis (USA) [1]. He was president of the American Counseling Association (2003-2004), National Career Development Association (1998-1999), Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (1976-1978), and Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (2010-2011) (American Psychological Association Division 44), and founder and first chair of the Professional Counseling Fund (2004-2006). Dr. Pope is the author of numerous books (including "Professional Counseling 101: Building a Strong Professional Identity" [2]), book chapters (35+), professional journal articles (35+), and over 100 international, national, regional, state, and local keynote addresses and presentations. His many presentations include keynote addresses in China, Australia, Canada, and the US and consultancies in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and throughout the US with companies including Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Pacific Bell, San Francisco Police Department, Internal Revenue Service, and many others. [3] [4]

Dr. Pope is widely considered to be the parent of the field of cultural issues in career counseling and career development especially gay and lesbian career development. [5] His other major contributions have included writings in counseling with sexual minorities and international students, the history of and public policy issues in counseling, teaching career and multicultural counseling, and professional identity. He also served as editor of The Career Development Quarterly (2004-2008), the preeminent journal in career counseling and development.

He is a fellow of several major professional societies including the American Counseling Association, American Psychological Association, National Career Development Association, Society of Counseling Psychology, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic and Racial Minorities, and Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues.

Dr. Pope has been the recipient of a number of major awards in the mental health professions culminating with receiving the Eminent Career Award of the National Career Development Association in 2008, the highest award in career counseling and development in the US [6].

He was selected for the OUT 100 in 2004 as one of the major contributors to lesbian and gay culture in the US in that year [7]. He received this recognition as the first openly gay person to serve as president of a major mental health organization and that occurred 30 years after the removal of "homosexuality" from the list of psychiatric disorders in the US [8].

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[1] www.umsl.edu/~pope/bio.html [2] Pope, M. (2006). Professional counseling 101: Building a strong professional identity. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association. (78 pp.) [3] Pope, M. (2005). It takes a village to raise a leader: Meet Mark Pope. In R. K. Conyne & F. Bemak (Eds.), Journeys to professional excellence: Lessons from leading counselor educators and practitioners (pp. 197-216). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association. [4] Pope, M. (2005). Crashing through the "lavender ceiling" in the leadership of the counseling professions. In J. M. Croteau, J. S. Lark, M. A. Lidderdale, & Y. B. Chung (Eds.), Deconstructing heterosexism in the counseling professions: A narrative approach (pp. 121-128). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [5] Pope, M. (Ed.). (1995). Gay/lesbian career development [Special section]. Career Development Quarterly, 44, 146-203. [6] Reardon, R. (2008, October). The eminent career award: A past-chairman's perspective. Career Convergence [On-line]. Available http://associationdatabase.com/aws/NCDA/pt/sd/news_article/5531/_self/layout_ccmsearch/false. [7] OUT. (2004, December). OUT 100: The 2004 top 100 list of contributors to gay and lesbian culture. pp. 24-69. [8] The Advocate. (2003, December). Pope elected. p. 35.