About |
Mark Black is an international keynote speaker, author, and coach. Born with a life-threatening heart defect, Mark underwent two open-heart surgeries before age one. Twenty-two years later, after waiting on the transplant list for nearly a year, Mark was blessed to survive a perilous heart and double-lung transplant,
Three years later, Mark became the only man in history to run a marathon with someone else’s heart and lungs. Then he did it 3 more times.
Mark doesn't just teach resilience;
he embodies it.
The author of “Live Life from the Heart,” Mark has travelled the globe as an author, speaker, and coach, sharing strategies and tactics for building resilience. His story has impacted more than 150,000 people at more than 700 organizations including ExxonMobil, AstraZeneca, and Mercedes-Benz.
Mark is married to his superhero wife Marise. They live on the east coast of Canada with their 3 healthy children, Emma, Mateo, and Caleb.