National Football Foundation

Mark Flynn played linebacker for College Football Hall of Fame Coach John Gagliardi at Saint John's University (MN), including on the DIII 1976 national championship team, and he has remained a passionate and forceful advocate for the game throughout his entire life.
 
After graduating from Saint John's and earning his MBA from Harvard, Flynn spent four decades working with Silicon Valley emerging growth companies as an investor and advisor.
 
Flynn and NFF Board Member Michael Moe coached an eighth-grade football team for 15 seasons alongside Bill Campbell, the namesake of the NFF William V. Campbell Trophy.
 
Following Bill's passing in April 2016, Mark and Diane Flynn, Michael Moe and former Intuit Chairman and CEO Brad Smith collaborated and created the Campbell Trophy Summit as an impactful way to share Bill's influence and legacy with future generations. 
 
The Summit, first held in 2017 and attended by more than 900 scholar-athletes since its inception, is hosted at Stanford, connecting former Campbell Trophy® nominees with some of the nation's top CEOs and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who were impacted by Bill. The event has proven to be highly successful with many of the attendees citing the opportunity as life changing.