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Broadcaster, Writer, Great River Media Inc., Bell Media, Ottawa Citizen
Mark Sutcliffe is an Ottawa writer, broadcaster, entrepreneur and community leader. Mark writes several columns a week in the Ottawa Citizen on business, politics and sports. He also hosts the Chat Room, a daily talk-show on 580 CFRA, a Sunday morning national political television show on CPAC and Talk Ottawa, three times a week on Rogers TV.
A serial entrepreneur, Mark started his first business when he was 18 years old. Mark is currently majority owner and CEO of Great River Media Inc., which publishes the Ottawa Business Journal, the Kitchissippi Times, iRun and The Voice, the magazine of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce.
Mark was previously a member of the Ottawa Citizen’s senior management team and was also CEO of InBusiness Media Network. A committed volunteer and fundraiser, Mark is a Past-Chair of the Board of United Way Ottawa, and served in the United Way campaign cabinet for six years. He was the Chair of the Great Canadian Theatre Company for eight years. Mark is currently an advocate for mental health issues and a member of the Board of the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health. In 2008, Mark was named Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year at the Ottawa Philanthropy Awards and Volunteer of the Year by the GCTC.
Mark has completed 11 marathons and has published a book about running. Mark has personally raised more than $50,000 for local and national charities with his running and other fundraising efforts.