Mark Block is the State Director of the Wisconsin Chapter of Americans for Prosperity.

Mark has been involved in the political arena for over 30 years having served as the campaign manager for former Governor Tommy Thompson, George H.W. Bush, Supreme Court Justices Janine Geske and Jon Wilcox. In addition he has managed over six statewide campaigns for State Superintendent for Public Education, initiative referendums, along with numerous congressional races.

He began his political career having been elected as the first 18 year old in Wisconsin in 1974 as a Winnebago County Board Supervisor and legislative assistant to the late Congressman Bill Stieger.

Mr. Block’s private sector experience includes 12 years as the Midwest director of NCR Corporation, and founder of Telecommunications Group, LLC and GeoMarketing, Inc.

As the State Director of Americans for Prosperity he directs the organization of grassroots leaders who engage citizens in the name of limited government and free markets on the local, state and federal levels. The grassroots members of AFP advocate for public policies that champion the principles of entrepreneurship and fiscal and regulatory restraint. He has grown the Wisconsin Chapter from 250 to 53,000 in less than 4 years.

Mr. Block serves on the Board of Directors of the MacIver Institute for Public Policy, First Freedoms Foundation, and advisor to American Majority and is a member of the Wisconsin Advisory Committee, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.