Mark Young

Mark Young is currently the EVP, Managing Director & Chief Growth Officer at Buntin Group. Mark has previous experience as the Chief Marketing Officer at MAPCO Express from January 2017 to April 2018 and as Managing Director at Arizona State University from January 2014 to February 2017.

At MAPCO Express, Mark was responsible for the transition from a local restaurant company to a national advertiser. Mark led a group of agencies, consultants and internal resources through the transition and oversaw all consumer testing from campaign ideation, concept development, ad testing and product launch.

At Arizona State University, Mark implemented a quarterly promotional strategy designed to increase check average, improve food cost and raise overall guest satisfaction. Mark also reengineered the menu design to better meet company’s financial goals and food strategy. Other accomplishments while at Arizona State University include instituting a direct mail campaign geared to drive sales during specific day parts, spearheading the development of new research studies designed to measure guest satisfaction, brand image and internal operations performance, and instituting a financial tracking model designed to measure preference by item, check averages, food cost and margin on a regional and individual restaurant level.

Mark Young's educational career consists of a type of business administration and management, generally in the field of business administration and management. Mark attended the University of Mississippi for their bachelor's degree in this field.

They are on a team with Dave Damman - Co-President & CCO, Janet McDonald - Co-President & COO, and Bert Hamaoui - EVP Channel Planning & Activation. Mark Young reports to Jeffrey Buntin, CEO.