Mark Toney

Executive Director
mtoney@turn.org  |  (415) 929-8876 ext. 301

As executive director since 2008, Mark Toney aligns the TURN legal, organizing, legislative and communication staff to fight for affordable, clean, and safe energy and phone service for all California residents, with a special focus on low-income households, communities of color, immigrants, and rural communities.

Mark currently serves on the boards of ACLU Northern California, Consumer Federation of California, National Whistleblower Center, and California Shakespeare Theatre.

In 2021, Mark was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California by Governor Gavin Newsom. As of October 2024 he has been reappointed after Senate confirmation.

Mark served as executive director of the Center for Third World Organizing for four years, and for Direct Action for Rights & Equality for eight years. He was Lead Organizer at Workers’ Association for Guaranteed Employment from 1982 to 1985. He holds a B.A. from Brown University, a Sociology Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, and has been a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, National Science Foundation Fellow, and Echoing Green Fellow.