St. John's
Staff & Leaders

Mark Edington

Mark Edington is the priest of Saint John’s. He prepared for ministry at Harvard Divinity School, receiving the M.Div. in 2000. A social entrepreneur and commentator, Mark is on the founding board of the 2Seeds Network, an international NGO engaging in food-security work in the poorest regions of East Africa. He’s also a commentator on religion at the Huffington Post. Mark works as a senior administrator in Harvard University, where he serves as executive director of the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory. Mark’s previous posts in ordained ministry included appointments as Epps Fellow and Chaplain to Harvard College and as Associate Minister and Director of Administration at The Memorial Church of Harvard University; as rector of Saint Dunstan’s Church in Dover, Massachusetts; and as Protestant Chaplain at Wellesley College. He is also a recipient of the Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the A.B. in philosophy and political science, summa cum laude, from Albion College. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.