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Mark William Altman, born February 7, 1965, is a speaker and lecturer on leadership and management issues and was the first to attempt to establish a link between philial love and leadership, as he outlined in his first book, Leadership For All the Mountains You Climb-While Loving the View. His views were influenced by Robert Greenleaf’s work on Servant Leadership and Steven R. Covey’s work Principle Centered Leadership. Education: Mark attended Conroe High School, then after a short stint at TCU entered the US Army as an enlisted soldier. He then earned a BAAS at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, TX and received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He came back to SFA as an ROTC Instructor where he earned a Master of Interdisciplinary Degree, and has completed PhD work in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University. Mark left the Army in 2006 as a Major after a neck injury while serving in Iraq. Adventure: In 2001, Mark and his oldest son Mark II (then 10 ½), rode mountain bikes from Rome, Italy to Edinburgh, Scotland. Before Mark deployed to Iraq in 2005, he, his wife Dawn Altman, and all four of his children (Mark II, Bailey, Matthew and Meagan) rode specialized tricycles from Cape Lookout State Park in Oregon, to Washington D.C. Experience: Mark has been interviewed internationally on TV, radio, and in print for leadership and family issues and has been seen on several episodes of Friday Night Lights. Mark also writes a weekly, family focused, newspaper column “Family Matters”, published in eight newspapers in four states. Awards: Mark was awarded a Certificate of Merit in 1978 for saving a girl from drowning and the Eagle Scout award in 1983. In 1996, he was awarded an Army Commendation medal for saving the life of a young man with a severe neck injury, floating face down in Lake Conroe.