Mark Ryle

Mark earned his undergraduate degree at the McCombs Business School at the University of Texas, soon thereafter leaving Austin and his proud west Texas roots for a career in corporate finance, investment banking, and private equity. After 25 years of acquiring, building, consolidating and dissolving, he was led back to the family business of helping the most vulnerable among us. Mark went back to school in 2007 and completed his master's degree in social work from the University of Chicago. With several years of direct clinical work with children and families under his belt, Mark chose to merge his two worlds, bringing his business and social work brains together with the goal of building sustainability for vital services in San Francisco. Mark spent 6 years as CEO of Project Open Hand and then 3 years as CEO of the Saint Francis Foundation, ensuring continued and expanded services to those who need it the most.