Mark Stapp joined the W. P. Carey School of Business in 2009. 

He has been involved in planning, investing in, developing, and consulting on real estate for 32 years. He is focused on the investing in and creating environmentally sensitive and socially responsible real estate development. 

He is a founding principal and managing member of Pyramid Community Developers. He founded Pyramid in 2000 specifically to pursue planning and development of sustainable communities beginning with The Village at Copper Basin, a new kind of community located southeast of Phoenix. Stapp also remains as president of the U.S. operations of a Swiss real estate management company with American holdings in various states. He was formerly senior vice president of real estate for the Ellman Cos. and vice president of one of Arizona's largest architecture and engineering firms. 

Stapp currently serves on the board of directors for the Valley Forward Association and is serving as the co-chair of the board of advisors for W. P. Carey's Master of Real Estate Development program. In 2007, Stapp was awarded a doctorate of humane letters from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences for the valuable contributions of his work to society.