Name: Mark Scott
Title: Principal
Company: Commercial Mortgage Capital
Location: Livingston, NJ
Place of birth: Redding, Connecticut
Family: Wife Marjory, two daughters - 17 & 13 year olds
College: Undergrad: U. of Connecticut (School of Real Estate). Grad School: Perdue Univ. (Krannert School of Business)
First job unrelated to your current field: Cutting lawns; lots of lawns!
First job in your current field: Chase Manhattan Bank Commercial Real Estate (1994 to 1987)
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Correspondent commercial mortgage banking. Developing financing solutions for our customers.
Hobbies: Show water skiing and snow skiing.
Favorite film: "Argo"
Favorite novel: Really who has time?!?
Keys to success: Living one day at a time.
Person you admire most (outside of the family): Matthew Galligan, head of real estate lending, CIT Group.
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