Mark Wylea Erwin

Mark Erwin is a former U.S. ambassador and the president of Erwin Capital, Inc., a family-owned investment company in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Career

In 1997, Bill Clinton appointed him to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. From 1999-2001 Erwin served as Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of the Seychelles and the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros.

Erwin's books include An Unlikely Journey - Make a Difference. Do Good. Have Fun, Life's Lessons: Lines of Wisdom from a Faithful Stream, and The Practical Ambassador. He also wrote a collection of "For the Journey" books, including Faith For the Journey, Collected Wisdom For the Journey, and Humor For the Journey. Erwin was an Adjunct Professor at the Business School of Winthrop University for several years.

Erwin studied real estate at the University of Tennessee, and in 1969 became a real estate administrator for United Parcel Service. He served four years in the United States Air Force. In 2017, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper appointed Erwin to the North Carolina Banking Commission.[1]

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gollark: The direct sampling thing?
gollark: I have an RTL-SDR but don't use it much, are there any cool things I can do without much additional hardware?
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References
  1. Governor Cooper names state banking commission appointees
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Harold W. Geisel		 United States Ambassador to Seychelles
1999–2001		 Succeeded by
John Price
Preceded by
Harold W. Geisel		 United States Ambassador to Mauritius
2002–2005		 Succeeded by
John Price
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