Marc Draisen

{{Short description|American politician (born 1956)}}

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| name = Marc Draisen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|12|22}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts

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| occupation = Urban planner
Politician

| residence = Roslindale

| party = Democrat

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| alma_mater = Boston Latin School
Brandeis University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

| title = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 11th Suffolk District

| term_start = 1991

| term_end = 1995

| predecessor = Eleanor Myerson

| successor = John E. McDonough

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Marc D. Draisen (born December 22, 1956, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American Urban planner and politician who represented the 11th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995.{{cite book |title=1993–1994 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19931994bost#page/120/mode/2up }} He was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1994, but lost in the Democratic primary to Bob Massie.{{cite book |title=Massachusetts Election Statistics 1994 | year=1994 | url=https://archive.org/stream/massachusettsele1994mass#page/108/mode/2up }}

Draisen is currently the executive director of the [http://www.mapc.org Metropolitan Area Planning Council].{{cite web|title=Marc Draisen {{!}} Metropolitan Area Planning Council|url=http://www.mapc.org/about-mapc/staff/marc-draisen|work=Mapc.org|publisher=Metropolitan Area Planning Council|access-date=15 April 2011}} He is also the former chairman of Massachusetts Voters for Clean Elections{{cite news|last=Zitner|first=Aaron|title=Fleet pledges no cuts in low-income loans|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/21446799.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106111459/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/21446799.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|access-date=15 April 2011|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=March 9, 1995}} and the former president and executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations.{{cite news|last=Klein|first=Rick|title=Mass. House Panel Proposes Key Cuts|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/71522868.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106111511/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/71522868.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|access-date=15 April 2011|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=April 9, 2001}}

He has a wife Sara Barcan, one son, Samuel Draisen, and one daughter Katie Draisen.