Since answering an ad in the local newspaper in 1975, Mark has been with Keating & Associates, working with business owners and helping them tackle their estate planning challenges. Together with Pat Keating, Mark developed an industry-leading understanding of life insurance and its business applications. One of his great professional joys has been to help business owners sell and transition their businesses without paying optional transfer taxes, all while protecting the family and the legacy they have grown together. Many of these clients have become lifelong friends.

His passion for helping families provide for each other began early in life, when in high school, he would mow lawns for neighbors and wash dishes at a nearby restaurant to help make ends meet. His story resembles those of many of our clients, which is why he can understand their situations so well. He understands that one of the greatest joys of helping to build and sustain generational wealth is the ability to positively impact the lives around oneself. One of his favorite things about working with Midwest entrepreneurs is that they always care about others more than they care about themselves. Whether it’s family or friends or employees, Mark has thoroughly enjoyed serving alongside selfless clients

Hospitable to a fault, Mark and his wife Peggy almost always have someone in their home, either for a meal or a place to stay, often both. They both enjoy serving in their local church, and are finding more time to work in their favorite job title, that of “grandparents”.