Mark F. Magazu, II, MPA, JD

Raised in a veterinarian’s home, Mark F. Magazu, II, MPA, JD, understands the veterinary profession from the inside out. For clients of M3, he architects solutions to pressing challenges, helping leaders navigate disruption and build resilient organizations. His background spans finance, law, technology, operations, and governance — giving him a vantage point few in the field share. His aim: bring clarity and structure to complexity, translate vision into action, and make transformation sustainable.

As CEO of the renowned Saint Francis Veterinary Center for a decade, Mark applied systems thinking to the profession’s hardest challenges — with results that earned unprecedented recognition as a three-time finalist (2012, 2014, 2019) and 2019 winner of AAHA’s North American Accredited Practice of the Year Award.  At Thrive Pet Healthcare, he served as Area Business Manager overseeing practices in the Northeast and later as Director of Partnerships, reporting to the Chief Development Officer. Earlier, he founded and led Atlas Strategies, a general business consulting firm headquartered in the Empire State Building. He worked as a certified Financial Consultant with Wells Fargo Advisors and advised the Chairman of Chileno Bay Family Office, in both roles focusing on high-net-worth investment strategy. He also served as a speechwriter for former U.S. Senator, Cabinet Secretary, and Red Cross Chairman Elizabeth Dole and for the President of Georgetown University. Early in his career, he completed internships with the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a U.S. Congressman, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mark frequently writes on veterinary innovation, leadership, and organizational systems through FutureVet Insights, M3’s publication on the future of the profession.

Mark earned a JD from Georgetown Law and a joint BA–MPA in Political Economy and Public Administration from Columbia University. He completed advanced post-graduate programs at MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School. He is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and holds certificates in machine learning, AI, and quantum computing from MIT, in digital transformation in healthcare from Harvard Medical School, and in advanced digital marketing and growth from Penn Wharton.

Like all sons and daughters of veterinarians, Mark’s home has always been filled with ‘broken’ animals of all kinds. Today he is loved (and occasionally tormented) by Max, a blind but remarkably precise cat; Rocket, a ferret with cat-burglar ambitions but dodo-level acumen; and Dolores, a banana-sized lizard who has been courageously — and successfully — kicking cancer’s butt for years. Mark is endlessly fascinated by the animals and ecosystems that animate our world, though he denies the rumor that he loves them more than people…only sometimes.