Mark Pogue
(1:00-1:40 PM, Tuesday, March 23, 2010)
Sponsored by Gallup, Inc.
Mark Pogue is the Vice President of the Education Practice of Gallup Inc. His mission is to create a world where all students of any age lead successful and self-directed lives, empowered with the knowledge of their talents and how to apply them. For the past eight years, Pogue has been a consultant and speaker to higher education institutions, K-12 school districts and Fortune organizations including Toyota, Wells Fargo and Cargill on building strengths-based organizations.
Pogue led in the design and creation of StrengthsQuest and continues to direct the project worldwide. StrengthsQuest, a campus-based human development and engagement program, is designed to help students, staff, and faculty identify and apply their strengths. Since its inception, there have been over 500,000 participants in StrengthsQuest programs in a wide range of settings on more than 400 campuses.
Pogue has shared his message of moving from strengths to thousands of educators and students at more than 250 campuses and national conferences. He concentrates his work on public and private, secular and non-secular community colleges and universities across the country.
Pogue earned his bachelor's degree in management science from Oklahoma State University and a graduate degree from the University of Nebraska. He and his wife, Jami, live in Minneapolis with their two daughters, Paige and Reilly.