I’m a small business owner, school board member, I’ve served in state government, and I’ve spent most of my career working in education, the labor movement, and on economic policy issues. Camden is my chosen home, and my partner and I can’t imagine living anywhere else. I love my community, and I will fight every day to ensure Camden and Rockport are vibrant communities that enable everyone to thrive.

I was raised by my grandma who instilled in me New Deal values of hard work, fairness, and a deep understanding that we’re all in this together. And when she passed away when I was 10, it was my public schools and my teachers that created the safe, nurturing, supportive place I needed to escape a dangerous home environment and gain the confidence that I could create a better future for myself.

I’ve spent my career fighting for those New Deal values I was raised with, and for every kid to have the same great public schools I had:

• In the labor movement, fighting alongside working people to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions, and pass legislation like the Affordable Care Act and Wall Street Reform while at the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of Teachers;

• Working with Senator Elizabeth Warren and economist Joe Stiglitz on policies to rewrite the rules of the economy as Vice President and Director of Communications at the Roosevelt Institute;

• Championing the great public schools all kids deserve as Senior Director of Communications at the American Federation of Teachers, Communications Director of the Maine Department of Education, on the board of the Mid-Coast School of Technology, and through my many years as Chair of the Five Town Community School District School Board; and

• As a small business owner helping unions and nonprofits drive change.

My work has been profiled in the New York Times Magazine, credited in Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy by Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, and my writing has been published in the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, and elsewhere.

Marcus lives on Harden Ave with his partner Liam, their two dogs Abby and Lady Bird, and their cat Binx. I love hiking, exploring the natural beauty that surrounds us, Red Sox games, driving my classic Fords, being out and about in our community, and working to improve my sourdough baking skills.