Mark Frazier

Mark is cofounder and president of Openworld, a nonprofit volunteer network specializing in innovative ways to remove barriers to entrepreneurship. He has worked in 50+ countries over the past three decades on policy reforms and free economic zones. His current focus is on opportunities for tiny house communities and ecovillages to secure land grants, and awaken dormant land values through innovations in local governance, learn-by-doing, and sharing economy ventures. Openworld Villages (www.openworldvillages.org) is a new social venture he has helped launch for this purpose. Earlier in his career, he was publisher and managing editor of Reason magazine, and cofounder of the Local Government Center, springboard for Reason Foundation's privatization practice. Mark is a graduate of Harvard University and former Visiting Fellow of the Lehrman Institute, where he researched ways that neighborhood associations can take on municipal service responsibilities. His interests include hiking, drawing/architectural design, kayaking, flying, square foot gardening, archery, and reading.