Mark Surmanian

Mark Surmanian, M.B.A., serves as Chief Executive Officer for Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove (BGCGG), leading a team of over 500 dedicated professionals and volunteers. Through the collective efforts of staff and board support, the organization currently serves more than 5,000 youth daily, at 64 sites across eight surrounding communities. Mark joined the Boys & Girls Club movement in 2007, first serving as an ASES Site Coordinator at Doig Intermediate and then later as Assistant Youth Athletics Manager. After four successful years working directly at the programming level, Mark transitioned to lead BGCGG’s financial and operational functions, serving as Chief Financial & Operations Officer in 2011. In 2013, he then was selected as Executive Director before transitioning into the CEO position in 2016.

Mark completed his undergraduate studies at Pepperdine University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and his Master of Science in Business Administration at California State University, Long Beach. Mark also serves in several volunteer leadership roles, including as the President of the California Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs (2018-2020), Chairperson for The Professional Association - Orange County Chapter (2017-2019), as well as in Advisory capacities for OneOC’s Nonprofit Advisory Committee and Orange County Department of Education’s STEM Hub Steering Committee. Mark is a former “Club kid” himself, having attended Boys & Girls Club of Irvine when he was a child.