Coffee Party Meet the Candidate - Mark Gilbert

Mark Gilbert has been a Coffee Party USA member since 2014. Since joining, he has become very involved, assisting in the start-up of the Campaigns and Actions Workgroup and then stepping into the lead when the need arose. Through his efforts on that committee, he has taken a sponsorship role in setting up most of the party's monthly events including several book club programs. Mark also supports the Newsroom as one of the group's bloggers, routinely posting thought provoking articles from his website. Mark is the author of four books on spiritual evolution, publishes the website Conscious Bridge and serves the home office of Centers for Spiritual Living (CSL) as their Global Services Coordinator. He is an ordained minister with Centers for Spiritual Living and served for 3 years as an assistant minister at one of their local communities, New Dawn Center for Spiritual Living in Aurora, Colorado. Mark served for over 33 years with the Federal government. When he retired in 2009. he was the Regional Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Denver Regional Office, overseeing the Medicare outreach and education activities of 10 mid-western and western states. Major accomplishments during his tenure with CMS included major roles in the implementation of the Senior Health Insurance Counseling Program, the 1-800-Medicare service and the Medicare Part D program. He is a Senior Fellow with the Council on Excellence in Government and was a member of the Federal Senior Executive Service. Mark lives in Lakewood, Colorado, with his wife, Mary, and his chocolate lab, Harmony. He holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and a MA in Consciousness Studies from the Holmes Institute in Colorado. He is the father of 5 grown children (including triplets) and 4 grandchildren. His website can be found at www.consciousbridge.com.