MARK DUFVA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mark Dufva began his career as Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida on September 18, 2004, two days after the 4th worst disaster in US history, Hurricane Ivan. Ten months later Hurricane Dennis hit the same region, immediately followed by Hurricane Katrina. The storms of 2004/2005 provided Catholic Charities an unprecedented opportunity to become a leader in rebuilding and revitalizing communities in Northwest Florida, leading to the creation of an Interfaith Housing Coalition to address the crisis of affordable housing.
Mark is based in Pensacola and oversees four Catholic Charities regional offices spread across 18 mostly rural counties and 14,000 sq. miles comprising the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. Prior to taking over as Executive Director of Catholic Charities, Mark served as Executive Director of Youth Opportunity with the Tampa YMCA, a 5-year, $24M US Department of Labor education and job training program. He spent seven years with the United Way in Tampa as Director of Community Services and was responsible for developing their outcome funding systems. He also spent five years with the Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Boston, MA and began his human service career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines from 1984-1987.
He has a BS from the University of Massachusetts and an MS in Human Services from Springfield College, where he has also enjoyed part-time teaching as Adjunct Faculty teaching Program Evaluation, Staffing and Supervision, Grant writing and Fundraising. Mark is married to a beautiful Filipina with three lovely multi-ethnic children.
Mark Dufva,
Executive Director