Cr Mark Reeves was Mayor for 2022-23.

Mark is a Principal in the Department Of Education and Training Victoria. He has worked in both government and private education in Victoria, NSW and WA. He and his family came to East Gippsland in 1995 to Marshmead, Mallacoota.

He has studied at Melbourne University, La Trobe Bundoora and in North Wales, UK. He is a Churchill Fellow.

Mark enjoys surfing, Italian motorcycles and riding them on our amazing roads, his beautiful house and the estuary of the Snowy River at Marlo, where he lives.

Mark values access and equity to the benefits of our shire, region, state and country for all, especially those in more remote communities and our Koorie, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities and peoples.

East Gippsland represents the best of all worlds. Mountains, sea, rivers, lakes are natural resources that provide opportunities for all in so many ways.

Mark is supported in everything he does by his wife, Alice. He has adult children who enjoy professional careers. They were educated in government schools in Omeo, Marlo and Orbost, and identify as true East Gippsland people.