Mark Burton was awarded a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Tennessee in 1991. His professional career has included both academic and consultative research in the areas of regional, transportation, and telecommunications economics. In addition to authoring a number articles and monographs, Dr. Burton has provided testimony in connection with a variety of judicial and regulatory proceedings. In June of 1998, Dr. Burton was named as Director of Marshall University's Center for Business and Economic Research in Huntington, West Virginia. His current research interests involve integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into transportation economics settings. Dr. Burton is married to wife Cheryl and enslaved to daughter Katy.