Management Team
Mark E. Hunker
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
Mark Hunker joined Catapult in 2002. He has proven leadership skills in the public and private sector, including a decade of senior federal government experience and exposure.
Mark served as Chief of Staff and Director of Policy and Communications at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) during the Clinton administration. In that position, he was the principal strategist for government-wide HR policy and led OPM’s charge to revise civil service processes, improve recruitment and retention, and increase diversity.
In addition, he led an organizational culture change and reengineering effort that fostered an environment of innovation and flexibility leading to the creation of an expert strategic human resource consulting service.
In previous federal government positions, Mark served as Director of Initiatives at the White House Office of Public Liaison in 1997 building support for administration policies. As Chief of Staff of the Office of Administration, Management and Budget at the Department of Labor from 1994 to 1997, he oversaw a 950-person agency charged with daily operations, human resources, information technologies, and budget execution. As Special Assistant to the Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House from 1993 to 1994, he was responsible for recruitment and placement within executive branch agencies. Recently, Mark was asked to leverage his experience leading the White House liaison group during the Clinton administration and assist the Obama administration transition team in mentoring incoming liaisons.
In 2009, he was elected the Chair of American Council for Technology (ACT)-Industry Advisory Council’s (AIC-IAC) Human Capital Shared Interest Group (SIG), which fosters partnership on human capital and workforce issues and development.
Mark is also involved in the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). He was a judge in the NFTE-Greater Washington’s Regional Final Business Plan Competition in May 2009, reviewing five semifinalists’ business concepts, plans, and presentations.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Maryland.
