Marc D. Draisen is an American Urban planner

Urban planner

An urban planner or city planner is a professional who works in the field of urban planning/land use planning for the purpose of optimizing the effectiveness of a community's land use and infrastructure. They formulate plans for the development and management of urban and suburban areas, typically...

 and politician who represented the 11th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives

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 from 1991–1995. He was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

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 in 1994

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1994

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, but lost in the Democratic primary to Bob Massie.

Draisen is currently the executive director of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. He is also the former chairman of Massachusetts Voters for Clean Elections and the former president and executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations.