Mark founded Firstgiving in March 2003 and serves as CEO of this privately held web-based services company. Firstgiving is a subsidiary of UK-based Giving, Ltd. which operates an identical site in Britain called Justgiving.

Your browser may not support display of this image.Firstgivng enables individuals to raise money for any 501(c) 3 certified nonprofit with online personal fundraising pages or widgets. The company works with over 1,300 charity clients and tens of thousands of individual fundraisers who have raised more than $40 million online.

Sutton served on the ePhilanthropy Foundation’s Board of Trustees (2005-2007) and has over 18 years of experience in electronic publishing, online services, and nonprofit fundraising. Prior to launching Firstgiving, Mark served as Marketing and Business Development Director for five years at FairMarket, Inc. (NASDAQ: FAIM) an online commerce company that was sold to eBay.

Mark graduated with a BA from Connecticut College and holds an MBA from Babson College. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and their 3 children.

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