(born Sept., 1943)
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Mr. Markoff is a native of Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Los Angeles City College in 1964 with an Associate Arts degree. His business affiliations include Chairmanship of A-Mark Financial Corporation, a Santa Monica-based financial services company he founded in 1965, and Co-Chair of A-Mark Entertainment, a film production company he helped found in 2004. |
Mr. Markoff's non-business work has included:
1. Community/Public Service:
- Gave a talk (10/27/04) "Let's Talk About Lying," at Woodbury University (Burbank, CA),
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Gave a talk (3/24/04) "How to handle your attorney without losing your sleep, your mind and your bank account," at Woodbury University (Burbank, CA),
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Founded and Chairs ProCon.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation (founded on July 12, 2004) [Read a personal statement from Steve Markoff on the origins and background of ProCon.org],
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A member of the Board of Directors of the non-profit ACLU Foundation of Southern California since 1979,
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Member of the Washington, D.C.-based Federal Task Force on Judicial Selection (which issued its report "Judicial Selection" in the Fall of 1999),
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A member of the Board of Directors of the UCLA Management Education Associates from 1986 to 1992,
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Gave two seminars on entrepreneurship at The Gorbachev Foundation (Moscow, Russia) - The International Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political Studies in October 1992 -- one seminar to bankers, financial analysts and economists, the second to Moscow city functionaries,
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A Director of the non-profit UCLA Graduate School of Management Board of Visitors during 1986, and
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A member of the Board of Directors of the non-profit Hollywood Community Hospital from 1982 to 1984 (when it was sold to a for-profit group). 2. Published Work:
- Published between May 1997 and August 1998 four informational booklets looking at related parts of our nation's drug policy entitled:
- January 1990, Mr. Markoff compiled and published a summary of 563 ACLU cases in the U.S. Supreme court, titled "The Batting Average (and supporting data) of the ACLU in the U.S. Supreme Court" from January 19, 1920 through December 31, 1989. He then updated the Summary to 735 cases through Dec. 31, 1999.
- Through the Association of Media Accuracy, a nonprofit organization he co-founded in 1985 with Maury Weiner (Deputy Mayor under Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley), Mr. Markoff co-published the following reports in a Pro/Con format:
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