Mark Frazier

Mark Frazier is chair of the advisory board of the Startup Societies Network and president of Openworld, Inc., nonprofits focused on using land value appreciation to privately fund public goods. Over 40 years, he has worked in 50+ countries on free zones, policy reforms, and technology-enabled development, assisting projects in Uruguay, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Israel, Bulgaria, Mauritius, and beyond.

He has advised the World Bank, USAID, and OPIC on competitiveness, workforce strategies, and business climate reforms, with a focus on including residents as beneficiaries of rising land values. He is coauthor of Startup Societies and has advanced initiatives in enterprise zones, land trusts, and community-driven growth.

Currently, he is developing Next College, a sustainable lifelong learning model integrating microscholarships, online work-study, and community land trusts. Earlier in his career, he was a principal researcher for U.S. federal agencies, an early publisher and editor at Reason magazine, and cofounder of the Local Government Center.

His writings on privatization, education reform, and global telework have appeared in Policy Review, Reason, Reader’s Digest, and the Journal of Economic Affairs. A Harvard graduate and former Lehrman Institute fellow, his interests include kayaking, flying, design, and gardening.