Mark Furlong, CPA, IRC Director, Investor Relations, Blackbaud, Inc. Mark Furlong is the Director of Investor Relations, heading the Investor Relations function for Blackbaud. Mark has been with the company since 2013. Before coming to Blackbaud, Mark was a Manager with KPMG’s Audit Practice with multi-industry experience in the South-East and Mid-West divisions. He left auditing to pursue Corporate Finance with Scotts Miracle-Gro before joining the Corporate Finance Team at Blackbaud. Mark holds a BSBA and Masters in Accounting from UNC Chapel Hill, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Investor Relations Charter (IRC) certified, and was awarded the 2018 Rising Star by IR Magazine.