Skinny on CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon

Mark Steven Cohon (born in 1966 ) is the Canadian Football League's 12th commissioner . He was appointed in 2007 to succeed Tom Wright.


Bio: born in Chicago, son of Susan and George Cohon.

Education: Graduated from Chicago's Northwestern University law school. ... Part of a three-month Canadian-Soviet Arctic youth expedition in Siberia and the Canadian High Arctic. ... Worked as a zookeeper at Metro Toronto Zoo.

Career: In early 1990s, was named director of corporate and game development for Major League Baseball International. ... Recruited by NBA commissioner David Stern in 1994 to serve as league's director and group manager of international marketing. ... Led business development of Petopia, a pet care business, launching Petopia.com home shopping. ... Became CEO and also a board member, of AudienceView, an international web-based ticketing firm based in Toronto.