Mark D. Kaplan, CFA
Vice President
CEI Ventures, Inc.

Prior to joining the staff of CEI Ventures Inc. in July 1999 as Vice President, Mr. Kaplan served as founding Chair of its Board of Directors. He became involved with the company following service in the mid 1980s on the Board of Directors of the parent company, Coastal Enterprises Inc., a non-profit community development corporation. Mr. Kaplan has spent nearly twenty years in the investment field having held positions as Managing Director of Forum Financial Group, a mutual fund company, and H.M. Payson & Co., an investment advisory and trust services firm where he was the Director of Research and member of the Executive Committee. He also served in the investment department of Unum Life Insurance Company.

Mr. Kaplan was awarded the Charter Financial Analyst designation in 1986, earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 1977 and a M.B.A. from the Boston University Graduate School of Management in 1984. He has also attended the Venture Capital Institute and Venture Capital Institute Graduate Program.

Mr. Kaplan serves on the boards of directors of CEI Ventures’ portfolio companies: BlueTarp Inc., Chemogen Inc., Chestnut Direct Inc., Juno Rising Inc., and Recruiternet Inc. In addition, he serves on the investment committees of the Maine Health Access Foundation and the United Way Foundation of Greater Portland, and is past president of the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine.