Mark A. Skipper is the owner of M-A-S Office Cleaners and a public speaking and coaching business called Speak Better Than Your CEO. Before starting these businesses, Mark was a 25-year professional fundraiser for the Boy Scouts of America and Dunwoody College of Technology. 

Mark is a current board member of Northern Star Scouting Council and a member of Creative Church located in Maple Grove. He is also an active member of the leadership and communications development organization called Toastmasters International. 

Mark competes in their annual international speech competition and won the 2017 Toastmasters District 6 Speech Champion title. The District 6 covered most of Minnesota and half of Ontario, Canada. 

Mark states helping others crush their fear of public speaking and becoming confident speakers is his passion. 

Mark will share his story of rappelling down a Minneapolis skyscraper and how his positive self-talk helped him finish the decent