Mark Repenshek is currently the Vice President of Healthcare Ethics and Church Relations for Ascension with over 20 years of experience in the fi eld. He earned his Ph.D. in Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University at the Center for Health Care Ethics and completed his Masters in Theological Studies at St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee. In addition to this role, Mark has served in academic settings at St. Norbert College, Master of Theological Studies, Loyola University Chicago — Stritch School of Medicine Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and the Medical College of Wisconsin. He also serves Catholic Healthcare nationally by having served two terms on the CHRISTUS Health Mission and Ethics Committee of the Board of Directors, The Catholic Health Association’s Vision (CHA) 2020 steering committee and Chair of the Theologian and Ethicist Advisory Council for CHA. Mark's research focuses on the intersection of Catholic moral and social teachings and modern debates in bioethics, organizational ethics for faith-based healthcare ministries, and outcomes-based quantitative analyses of ethics consultation. He has published articles in The Journal of Clinical Ethics, The Hastings Center Report, The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Nursing Ethics, American Journal of Bioethics, HEC Forum, Health Progress, and Healthcare Ethics USA. He has co-authored a book in its second edition titled, An Introduction to Healthcare Ethics: Theological Foundations, Contemporary Issues, and Controversial Cases, through Anselm Academic. Mark continues to speak at local and national conferences, most recently at Sutter Health's Clinical Ethics Unconference this past April. Mark is part of the inaugural class of 2011 Catholic Health Association’s Tomorrow's Leaders Award. He is also a member of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Society of Christian Ethics and the Catholic Theological Society of America.