MARK MATTERN, MBA, CEC Author and E ntrepreneur Chairman of the Board of the First Coast ACF Chapter Mark Mattern has more than 29 years of culinary, beverage, management, research & development and analytical/financial experience in some of the finest hospitality, attraction and culinary establishments in the United States. Well-known throughout several industries as both a creative and analytical thinker, he is adept at conceptualizing, marketing and fulfilling innovative and financially successful short and long-term programs and procedures, for both internal and externally advantageous results. A Culinary Institute of America (CIA) graduate, as well as a Stetson Univeristy EMBA graduate he has served in many leading capacities and is a respected consultant in culinary circles, food and beverage operations and marketing. Mattern served at the Orlando Culinary Academy as the Department Chair of the prestigious Le Condon Bleu Program , overseeing the academic