Mark Gilbert is an author and New Thought minister who lives in Colorado with his wife, Mary, and his chocolate lab, Penny. He is the author of four books, the web site Conscious Bridge and has written for numerous magazines. He also produces a YouTube Channel entitled "Our Spiritual Evolution". Mark is an ordained minister with Centers for Spiritual Living and previously was a member of the Senior Executive Service with the US government where he served as the Regional Administrator for the Denver office of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Mark is certified in Spiral Dynamics and has been trained in Integral Theory. He is a Senior Fellow with the Council on Excellence in Government. He holds a degree in psychology and a Masters in Consciousness Studies.