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Meet the DC Team: Mark


Name: Mark Ballock
Number of years at DC: 3 years
Title: Landscape Architect in training
Where are you from?: I was born in Patuxent River, MD and raised in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Where did you go to school?: I started my college career bouncing around a few different schools in PA, then got my LA degree from Colorado State University.
What's one thing you can't live without?: My Mac.
Where is the farthest you have traveled?: Switzerland or maybe Denmark.
What's your favorite food?: Sushi, though chocolate comes in a close second.
What's your favorite part of working at Design Concepts?: I enjoy being exposed to many different facets of design and construction.
What would you do with $1 million?: I would spend some (read as: ‘lots'), save some, and give some away.
If you could be a professional athlete, what sport would you play?: Hockey.
If you could win any type of award, what award would it be?: A Nobel Prize would be pretty sweet.
What is your favorite movie?: Have seen too many great films to have a single favorite though "Pan’s Labyrinth" was the last movie I saw that really impressed me.
What inspires you?: Music and visual media.
What's one totally random fact about yourself?: I have red hair but nary a drop of Irish blood in me…