He was Mr. St. Louis Drummer in 1993, Mr Missouri Leather in 1994, and has judged numerous leather contests over the years.

He is a former member of Gateway MC, The Knights of Pythias and Tartarus as well as being a current associate of the Chicago Hellfire Club.

He is a frequent attendee of Inferno and other leather events across the nation.

He resides in St. Louis, Missouri, but travels throughout the country with work and play. Mark teaches classes on the subjects of: S&M 101/102, Bondage, CBT, Electric Pay, Fire Play, and Impact play. He has judged and has been emcee at many feeder contests for Mr. International Leather, International Leather Sir/boy, and American Brotherhood Weekend. He is a member of the Seattle Men in Leather, Hellfire Club (Chicago), Fetish Lifestyle Open Group (FLOG), an Honorary Member of Gateway MC (St. Louis), and a voting member of the Leather Archives and Museum.

He wishes all the contestants good luck...

In his professional life, Rich has his MBA degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and has had various jobs in the financial sector, most recently serving as the Internal Control Coordinator for Ford Motor Company's North American Marketing & Sales Division.

His leather and fetish interests include latex/spandex, jockstraps, dildos, water sports, cbt, flogging and fisting. He has also recently begun to explore the pleasures of bondage with his partner Randy Wrisinger with whom he shares a home in Detroit. His most infamous claim to fame...he has only met one man in his life that he wasn't able to swallow!

Last year he became one of the founding board members of the St. Louis Anti-Violence Advocacy Project. As a former victim of domestic violence, Scott has attached his face, name, and voice to raising awareness of this problem. By speaking out on behalf of other victims who have not found their own voice, he hopes to inspire others to find the courage to speak out for themselves.

Scott is a member of the NLA-I, The Leather Archives and Museum, The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, The Gateway Gay Rodeo Association, and Mama's Family, a charitable organization based in San Francisco. Scott, a professional pastry chef and culinary educator, was named "Mama's Pastry Chef" during the Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend by Sandy "Mama" Reinhardt, who runs mamasfamily.org, Additionally, Scott has traveled to Los Angeles, CA to support and participate in a variety of HIV/AIDS fundraisers organized by his friend, Kurt Pierce. Last May, Scott traveled to Chicago, IL to compete at the 29th Annual International Mr. Leather Competition. He placed 6th overall and credits his IML experience as one of his greatest challenges and biggest accomplishments!