Mark Schwartz is the former chairman and CEO of Specialty Merchandise Corporation, SMC, an import distribution company. Prior to SMC, Schwartz was a VP at the New York and Los Angeles branches of Goldman Sachs. A Stanford MBA graduate, he received his undergraduate degree from UCSB. Schwartz currently resides in Santa Barbara and serves as a trustee of the UC Santa Barbara Foundation. He also has served as chairman of the Beverly Hills chapter of the Young President’s Organization, vice chairman of the Sierra Canyon High School, and as a member of the management board of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business