Mark L. Perkins

Mark L. Perkins is the president of InnerSight. He served as president of Towson University from July 2001 to April 2002.

Education

Perkins earned a doctorate in psychometrics and statistics from the University of Georgia in 1976. He received his master's in psychometrics and research design from the same institution in 1974. Perkins earned a bachelor's degree from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1972.

Towson University

Perkins briefly served a controversial tenure as president of Towson University from July 2001 to April 2002.

He resigned after three members of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, including the chairman, told him in a meeting that he would be fired if he did not step down, according to a four-page letter he posted on Towson's website.

In the letter, Perkins stated the spending included improvements for coping with handicap accessibility as well as "family health issues" and for making the home a suitable place to entertain prospective donors.

Perkins said in his letter that he was not involved in many of the spending decisions on the home, including $279,000 for an elevator and $25,000 for a multimedia system.

There was also an inauguration ceremony held using funds raised specifically for the event, which reportedly cost $56,000. Perkins had pushed for $630,000 in improvements to the president's house on that campus to make it acceptable for parties, but he rarely entertained guests of the university in the house, The Sun reported.