Mark Leavitt

Mark is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Enlightened Hospitality Investments. Mark is actively involved in all of EHI’s portfolio companies, and serves on the boards of Joe Coffee, Salt & Straw, Goldbelly, Dig, Banza, Oats Overnight, and Restaurant Technologies, and is a board observer at Culture Pop and Qu. Mark also serves on the boards of Union Square Hospitality Group, A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham (a leading contemporary dance company), the Diabetes Empowerment Initiative (bringing medical technology to underserved areas, primarily in Africa), and the James Beard Foundation. He is a member of the Council on Chicago Booth at the University of Chicago and, after more than 20 years of service, Chair Emeritus of Jacob's Pillow, a dance school and performance venue in the Berkshires.

In 2020, Mark was included in Nation’s Restaurant News’ Top 50 Technology Power List, which features the 50 most influential technology and innovation leaders in the restaurant industry.

Prior to founding EHI, Mark was head of the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Investment Banking group at Piper Jaffray & Co. He previously served on the boards of Trinity College, the Harlem Globetrotters, Centennial Communications, Citadel Communications, T/SF Communications (TSF), US Radio, and Leap Wireless (LEAP) where he also served on the Finance Committee and Transaction Committee during its sale to AT&T.

Mark earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Trinity College.