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Mark Hunker
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Mark Hunker joined Catapult in 2002, and served as Senior Vice President, Federal HR and Management Consulting, providing consultative services to Federal clients including the Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), HUD, DOT, TSA, the Joint Task Force-Armed Forces Inaugural Committee (JTF-AFIC) and the Military District of Washington (MDW). Catapult is a leader in providing complete HRIS system functionality, skills and organizational assessment, business process reengineering, process modeling, training/development and recruitment from job development to day-to-day servicing.

Hunker has proven leadership skills in the public and private sector, including a decade of senior Federal government experience and exposure, including serving as Chief of Staff and Director of Policy and Communications at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management 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, Hunker 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 overseeing a 950 person agency charged with daily operations, human resources, Information Technologies and budget execution; and as Special Assistant to the Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House from 1993 to 1994 with responsibility for recruitment and placement within executive branch agencies. Notably, Mr. Hunker's accomplishments include:

• Nine years senior Federal government experience and exposure, including serving as Chief of Staff and Director of Policy and Communications at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management;

• Extensive experience in recruitment of cabinet and senior level federal officials;

• Private sector executive administrative, management and financial experience;

• Proven leadership skills, a clear understanding of the issues and the ability to fashion creative solutions for media, communications, personnel and management consulting;

• A record of building coalitions among diverse groups, managing high visibility initiatives and working with federal, state and local governments; and

• US Office of Personnel Management Meritorious Honor Award.

Mr. Hunker holds a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from the University of Maryland.

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