Mark Potter
A familiar face at the Maryland Science Center is being promoted to president and CEO of the Inner Harbor museum this fall.
The center’s board of trustees voted today to appoint vice president of development Mark Potter to the top role in October, when longtime CEO Van Reiner retires. Potter has directed the center’s fundraising efforts since 2011, spearheading its ongoing capital campaign, which so far has raised $5 million of its $7.5 million goal, and implementing a strategic development plan that the center says has spawned a 30 percent boost in donors.
Board chairman David Amy said in a release that the board started a search committee after learning of Reiner’s intention to step down after 13 years, but found “we had the ideal candidate already at the Maryland Science Center.”
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