Children of Armenia Fund (COAF)
Mark Gargarian currently serves as the Director of Marketing and Communications at the Children of Armenia Fund, focusing on empowering rural Armenian youth. Previously, Mark held positions as Growth Marketing Specialist and Content Marketing Manager at Labster, where responsibilities included website strategy, buyer journey optimization, and content creation for educational technology. As Assistant Director of Marketing at Boston College Law School, strategic initiatives led to significant increases in student enrollment and diversity. Mark's earlier roles at Archibus Inc. as Content Strategist and Head Marketing Writer encompassed a broad range of marketing activities, including digital campaigns and SEO strategy. Mark began a career in marketing at Semrun Agency, leading client website projects. Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Political Science and English from La Salle University.
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Children of Armenia Fund (COAF)
Children of Armenia Charitable Fund (COAF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that employs community-led approaches aimed at improving the quality of life in rural Armenia, with a particular focus on children and youth. COAF’s target development areas are education, healthcare, social and economic development. COAF launched its programs in 2004, starting in one village and expanding to 64 villages in Armavir, Aragatsotn, Lori, Gegharkunik, Shirak, and Tavush regions. Since 2015 COAF has been implementing SMART Initiatives. SMART is designed to advance a generation across the rural world through education that will benefit individuals, societies and the environment. As an exemplary model, SMART will be replicated in other regions and communities throughout Armenia. COAF’s ultimate mission is to provide resources to children and adults with SMART initiatives to advance rural communities through innovation. The first COAF SMART CENTER was opened on May 27, 2018, at the village of Debet, Lori region, with an outreach to over 150,000 people.