Mark Pfeffer is the director of the Panic/Anxiety Recovery Center (PARC) in Chicago, Illinois. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Illinois and California, where he served as the Commissioner of Social Services for the City of Santa Monica. An ADAA member, Mr. Pfeffer is a graduate of The Second City A-E Improvisation Training program, where he cofounded the Improv for Anxiety program in 2011. Mr. Pfeffer has appeared on a number of national television networks, as well as national and local news outlets and magazines. He received the 2002 Golden Bell award from the Mental Health Association of Illinois.