Mark J. Costa is Executive Vice President, Specialty Polymers, Coatings and Adhesives, and Chief Marketing Officer for Eastman Chemical Company. Costa has responsibility for the company’s specialty plastics segment, polyester stream operations, coatings, adhesives, specialty polymers and inks (CASPI) segment, sales, pricing, marketing development and innovation, corporate marketing, and sustainability functions. Prior to being named to this position, Costa was the Executive Vice President, Polymers Business Group Head and Chief Marketing Officer.

Costa received a bachelor's degree in economics and pre-medicine from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Costa joined Eastman in 2006 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Marketing. He then became Executive Vice President, Polymers Business Group Head and Chief Marketing Officer in 2008.

Before coming to Eastman, Costa was a senior partner within Monitor Group's integrated North American and global client service networks. He joined Monitor in 1988 and his experience included corporate and business unit strategies, asset portfolio strategies, innovation and marketing, and channel strategies across a wide range of industries, including specialty and commodity chemicals, electricity, natural gas and truck/auto manufacturing. In particular, he led Monitor's practice in energy and chemicals.