Please welcome Mark Ivey from NewView Oklahoma!  Mark will share his personal journey with vision loss, offering insight into his eye condition and how it led him to NewView Oklahoma. He will highlight NewView Oklahoma’s mission and services, discuss common misconceptions about blindness — particularly in today’s workforce — and introduce the world of adaptive sports for individuals who are blind.  

About the Speaker:

Mark Ivy was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and moved to Edmond to attend the University of Central Oklahoma. He has spent the past 12 years with NewView Oklahoma, where he serves as Financial Development & Adaptive Sports Manager.

After losing his eyesight to retinitis pigmentosa, Mark found a passion for adaptive sports. He has trained with the USA Paralympic Goalball Team and competes nationally in beep baseball. Mark started the NewView Oklahoma Beep Ball team, the Lookouts in 2022. Their first World Series ended with a 15th-place finish. This past year? They shattered expectations finishing 6th in the world at the National Beep Baseball World Series. Mark was also selected to play as an All-Star at the 2025 Ultimate BeepBall tournament at George Mason University.

Mark is married to his wife, Alyssa, a first-grade teacher, and is the proud dad of seven-year-old Evelyn June, who says, “Blind dads are super fun.” He’s also a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan— and despite what his wife says, he still considers himself funny.