Acton Institute
Mark S. Townsend is a skilled media production specialist currently employed at the Acton Institute since September 2023. With extensive experience in sound and video production holding roles such as recording engineer and studio producer at Prodigious Productions since January 2017, and communications specialist at Forest Hills Public Schools for nearly a year, Mark has developed a versatile skill set. Previous positions include photojournalist and video editor at WOOD TV8, audio technician at Calvin University, and various roles in event and resource management for summer conferences. Mark's educational background includes a degree in Communications with a focus on Film and Media Production from Calvin University, completed in 2021.
Acton Institute
The Mission of the Acton Institute is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles. Founded in April, 1990, the Acton Institute is named in honor of John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1834-1902), 1st Baron Acton of Aldenham and the historian of freedom. Known as “the magistrate of history,” Lord Acton was one of the great personalities of the nineteenth century. Widely considered one of the most learned Englishmen of his time, Lord Acton made the history of liberty his life’s work. Indeed, his most notable conclusion of this work is that political liberty is the essential condition and guardian of religious liberty. He thereby points to the union of faith and liberty, which has been the inspiration for the mission of the Acton Institute.