Mark Strain

Collier County Hearing Examiner & Chairman, Collier County Planning Commission

Mark Strain’s experience in construction, development planning and land use spans over 40 years, most of which has been in Collier County.

Prior to working for the Board of County Commissioners, Mark’s  career  work has included all aspects of the land use process from feasibility, due diligence and land acquisition, to complete project planning and permitting at all levels of government, managing the installation of miles of roads and infrastructure and finally to vertical build out and turnover.   Projects he has participated in have ranged from commercial and industrial projects, to single and multifamily, hi-rise residential, and complete mixed use communities of nearly 4000 acres.

On 9-11-01 Mark was appointed to the Collier County Planning Commission.  In 2005 he was elected Chairman and has remained in that position for the past 11 years.  He was recently re-elected Chair for this year.  In the spring of 2013 Mark was hired as Collier County’s first Hearing Examiner working under contract for the Board of County Commissioners.   This past year has witnessed the opening of the Hearing Examiner’s office and seen the steady and timely processing of many land use applications, all of which are reviewed by the Hearing Examiner as final decisions.