Rebecca Mark-Jusbasche

Rebecca P. Mark-Jusbasche (born August 13, 1954, Kirksville, Missouri), known during her international business career as Rebecca Mark, is best known as the former head of Enron International, a subsidiary of Enron. She was also CEO of Azurix Corp., a publicly traded water services company originally developed by Enron International. Mark was promoted to Vice Chairman of Enron in 1998 and was a member of its board of directors. She resigned from Enron in August 2000.

Mark was born Rebecca Sue Pulliam in Kirksville, Missouri, and grew up on a farm. She attended William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri for two years. She then transferred to Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where she received a BA in psychology in 1976, and a Masters Degree in International Management in 1977.

Pulliam began her career in Houston, Texas, at First City National Bank. She married Thomas Mark, and had twin sons; the couple later divorced. In 1982 she joined an energy company called Continental Resources, which eventually became part of Enron. In 1988 Mark entered Harvard Business School while working part-time for Enron, and received an MBA in 1990.

Mark had started in a finance position for Enron's predecessor company's pipeline businesses in 1982. By 1986 she joined a small group within Enron developing cogeneration and independent power plants using natural gas. After a two-year stint working part-time for Enron while attending Harvard Business School, she returned to Houston and became head of the newly formed Enron Development Corp. in 1991, developing and building power assets in North America and internationally.

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