Rotary BNMC - Speaker, Mark Talley

Mark Talley is the son of Geraldine C. Talley, who was killed in the Tops shooting by a white supremacist on May 14th, 2022. Prior to this date, Mark just went along through the trials and tribulations of life believing there was nothing he could do, he was just powerless. His father left him and his mother when he was barely 10 years old. Although Mark proved to be very smart throughout his junior school years, things changed in his freshman year of high school. Mark started hanging out with the wrong crowd and his grade point average went from a 4.0 to a 1.9. His mother, sensing something was wrong, was able to get him transferred into one of the most prominent high schools in the state, Canisius. Mark graduated from Canisius in 2007 with a 3.0 grade point average and attended College in Detroit, Mi at Wayne State University. the son of Geraldine C. Talley, who was killed in the Tops shooting by a white supremacist on May 14th, 2022. Prior to this date, Mark just went along through the trials and tribulations of life believing there was nothing he could do, he was just powerless. His father left him and his mother when he was barely 10 years old. Although Mark proved to be very smart throughout his junior school years, things changed in his freshman year of high school. Mark started hanging out with the wrong crowd and his grade point average went from a 4.0 to a 1.9. His mother, sensing something was wrong, was able to get him transferred into one of the most prominent high schools in the state, Canisius. Mark graduated from Canisius in 2007 with a 3.0 grade point average and attended College in Detroit, Mi at Wayne State University.