Welcome to NMC, Mark!

Liebling, MarkMark Liebling joined NMC as Executive Director of Human Resources on July 20, 2015.  He can be reached at (231) 995-1342 and at mliebling@nmc.edu.

Mark was born and raised in the Detroit area and earned a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and a master’s degree in Labor and Industrial Relations, both from Michigan State. Mark has worked in Human Resources for more than 20 years, in both specialist and generalist roles, in companies including Walt Disney, Microsoft, Lehman Brothers and MasterCard.  A passion to experience life abroad led him to take regional HR assignments based in Australia, Malaysia, Japan and Korea, ultimately spending 17 of the past 20 years overseas. It was in 2002 in Tokyo that Mark met his wife, Huiseon (pronounced Heesun), while studying at a Japanese language school. Mark and Huiseon have 2 children Daniel (6) and Romy (2) and have recently relocated from Seoul to Traverse City. In addition to spending time with his family, Mark enjoys beaches and trails, cooking (and eating!), and is proud to have finished marathons in Honolulu, Naha and Tokyo. (more…)