Mark Cohon

Mark Cohon
Canadian Football League
Mark Cohon at a Toronto Argonauts game in 2009
Date of birth (1966-03-16) March 16, 1966 (age 58)
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)Commissioner
US collegeNorthwestern University
High schoolUpper Canada College
Career history
As administrator
2006–2012Ontario Science Centre (Chair)
2007–2015Canadian Football League (Comm.)
2015-presentCanadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Chairman)

Mark Steven Cohon, OOnt MSM (born March 16, 1966) is a Canadian businessman who is the chairman of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). He was also the 12th commissioner of the Canadian Football League. The son of McDonald's Canada founder George Cohon, he was appointed as commissioner in 2007 succeeding Tom Wright.[1]

  1. ^ Matsumoto, Rick (March 28, 2007). "CFL to unveil new commissioner". The Toronto Star. Retrieved March 28, 2007.