Mark bergel biography

Mark Bergel

Founder and President, A Wider Circle

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2018 Honorees | Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame

Mark Bergel is the Founder and President of A Wider Circle, a nonprofit organization founded in 2001. The mission of A Wider Circle is to end poverty by inspiring, fostering, and measuring individual and community level change. Dr. Bergel has led the organization’s growth from its early years to its current status as a primary source of support for more than 25,000 individuals per year and hundreds of government, social service, and nonprofit agencies in the nation’s capital region.

A Wider Circle helps individuals by providing both long-term support and basic need items, and fosters community level change through comprehensive neighborhood programming and advocacy. All of A Wider Circle’s programs are replicable and exportable to low-income communities throughout the country.

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