Career
July 11, 2009) was an American television executive who served as the President of the American Broadcasting Company (American Broadcasting Company) from 1985 until 1994. He retired in 1994 after a 32 year career with American Broadcasting Company. Mandala worked in a number of sales positions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York prior to joining American Broadcasting Company in 1962. He was appointed the President of local American Broadcasting Company owned local stations division of the company in 1983.
Mandala was responsible for the management of local stations which were directly owned by American Broadcasting Company, but not its affiliates.
Mark Mandala died of a heart attack while playing golf in Dorset, Vermont, on July 11, 2009, at the age of 72.
