Mark Marissen

Mark Allan Marissen (born 1966 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada) is a former senior strategist for the Liberal Party of Canada, and principal of Burrard Communications Inc., a strategic communications firm he founded in 1998.

Marissen has also recently joined Pacific Future Energy Corporation, along with former International Trade Minister and former National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations Shawn Atleo and Ovide Mercredi as well as Dave Coles, former President of the Canadian Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union (CEP).

Marissen graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science, and also attended Simon Fraser University. Marissen resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has one child by his ex-wife, current British Columbia Premier Christy Clark. Marissen's older brother is professor of music Michael Marissen, who teaches at Swarthmore College.

Marissen has a long record of involvement in the Liberal Party, joining the party in early high school. Upon graduating from Carleton University, Marissen served as the party's national youth director in the early 1990s, and as an organizer for the Liberal national campaign during the 1993 federal election under then-leader Jean Chrétien. Subsequently, Marissen became a political advisor to then cabinet minister David Anderson during his tenures as Minister of National Revenue, Minister of Transport, and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.

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