Mark Bernstein

Mark born and raised in Queens, New York, began his Little League umpiring career at Mid-Queens Boys Club Little League in New York at the age of 16 and has just completed his 36th consecutive year of Little League umpiring.

Mark is a two-time Little League World umpires in 2002 and 2008. He has worked three LLWS regional tournaments in Sacramento (1995), San Bernardino (1999) and the European Regional in Kutno, Poland in 2000. During his long career, Mark has worked countless state tournaments in California, Arizona and Neveda.

In addition to his work on the field, Mark has been a lead trainer for

both Umpire Rules and Mechanics at the Western Region of Little League Baseball and Softball since 1994, and an umpire supervisor since 2002. He was at the forefront of the establishment of the Western Region Little League Umpire Alumni Association in 2004, where he was President from inception until relinquishing the reins in 2012. His simple mission statement: "By Umpires for Umpires."