Mark H. Robinson has served as Executive Director of The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Inc. since its founding in 1986. The Compact provides technical assistance to 30 local and regional land trusts operating on Cape Cod, including landowner negotiations, fundraising, land management and state/municipal coordination on open space projects. The Compact also contracts with Cape Cod towns for their municipal open space projects. The Compact serves as a national model of regional cooperation for land trusts. A graduate of Williams College and the University of Rhode Island, Robinson previously worked in regional government on coastal management and water quality issues. He has served as Chairman of the Barnstable Conservation Commission, Vice-Chair and Treasurer of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, and Vice-President of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. The US Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged Robinson's work with a lifetime achievement award in 2009. He has completed more than 500 land preservation projects in Massachusetts, from the Cape to the Berkshires. Robinson has been a permanent resident of Cotuit since 1980 and has two sons. He is an avid sailor. He was elected to the Cotuit Water Commission in 2018 and elected Chairman in 2019.