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Kurt Chismark
Kurt Michael Chismark, has worked for the past decade as Executive Director of two member organizations of Catholic Charities of Sacramento.
He is a “Leadership Fellow” of the Sierra Health Foundat...view moreKurt Michael Chismark, has worked for the past decade as Executive Director of two member organizations of Catholic Charities of Sacramento.
He is a “Leadership Fellow” of the Sierra Health Foundation Health Leadership Program and an Outpost Leader for Point Man International Ministries, a Christian faith-based “Veterans helping Veterans” group that provides fellowship, mutual support, and spiritual counseling for combat veterans and their families. He also serves on the Board of Directors of “Welcome Home Vets,” a Nevada County, CA non-profit organization that provides psychological services, education and advocacy for those with military-related trauma.
Prior to serving in the non-profit sector, Mr.Chismark worked in the corporate world for thirty years. He was CEO of a small technology company, and prior to that held a variety of senior sales and marketing management positions throughout the United States with consumer products companies including TDK, Apple, Polaroid, and Carnation. He was an Adjunct Professor at Sierra College and the University of Phoenix, where he taught undergraduate classes in Marketing and Sociology.
He served in the U.S. Army with the 6th Special Forces Group (Airborne), and commanded troops in combat in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, for which he was awarded three Bronze Star Medals and The Air Medal. He achieved the rank of Captain.
Mr. Chismark holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University. He currently lives in Nevada City, California with his wife of forty-two years, Elizabeth. They have adult twin daughters and five grandchildren.view less