Mark Feary is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton having received his B.A. in Accounting in 1975 and his M.A. in Business Administration, Marketing in 1985. Feary also studied Personal Financial Planning at University of California, Irvine.

With his esteemed educational background, his career was boosted into his current position as Executive Director for the Orange County Tourism Council where he has spent the last eight years. Feary has an extensive professional background in Marketing and Public Relations, the majority of which stems from his experiences working for Disney.