Mark Gallogly is co-founder and Managing Principal of Three Cairns Group, a venture-oriented investment firm committed to deploying capital to accelerate the global transition to a low-carbon economy, which he co-founded with Lise Strickler in 2015.

Mark recently returned to the private sector after serving at the U.S. Department of State as an Expert Senior Advisor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. In his role, Mark was focused on engaging the private sector and financial institutions in climate action. Before serving in government, he had a 35-year career in investing. In 2005, Mark co-founded Centerbridge Partners, an investment firm with $28 billion of assets under management that deploys capital in private equity, real estate, and credit investing. He retired from Centerbridge in December 2020. Prior to Centerbridge, he worked with the Blackstone Group for 16 years, where was the head of Global Private Equity. Mark served on President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness from 2010 to 2012 and on the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board from 2008 to 2010, in addition to serving on numerous public, private, and nonprofit boards of directors. He currently is the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University.

He earned his BA from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from Columbia University.