Mark Klaus is the Executive Director of the San Diego Regional Center (SDRC).  He was appointed to this position by the San Diego-Imperial Counties Developmental Services, Inc. Board of Directors on November 1, 2021. 

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Before joining SDRC, Mark was President and Chief Executive Officer of Home of Guiding Hands (HGH). This community-based provider supports over 4,000 individuals in both San Diego and Imperial counties.  In the decade that Mark led HGH, he doubled the number of employees and the annual operations budget and significantly enhanced the geographic area for consumer services. Additionally, Mark served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Charleston Transitional Facility in Champaign, Illinois.  

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Mark has almost 40 years of senior-level executive experience operating and developing person-centered service options for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.  He is active in numerous local, statewide, and national organizations, including the California Department of Developmental Services Statewide (DDS) Task Force, DDS Fiscal & System Reform Workgroup, the Department of Healthcare Services Long Term Care Carve-In Workgroup, the Autism Provider Exchange, and many others.  

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Mark is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and attended the prestigious Stanford Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders.  He lives in San Diego with Angie, his wife of 35 years.