Name Mark Marcus | ||
Mark J. Marcus of Westport, Connecticut and Jupiter, Florida, is a Connecticut public official and politician. He was Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families in the 1970s and 1980s, serving in the administrations of Governor's Ella T. Grasso and William O'Neill. Marcus also served as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control. He was a member of the Connecticut Justice Commission, the Governor's Commission on the Homeless, and the Governor's Commission on Family Violence. He was Compact Administrator for the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, and was a member of the Connecticut Commission on Child Support. He also served on the State Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
In his home town of Westport, Connecticut, Marcus currently serves as a Justice of the Peace and as Vice-Chairman of the Westport Democratic Town Committee. He has served as a member of the Board of Selectman, Vice-Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission, member of the Board of Assessment Appeals, member of the Charter Revision Commission and Chairman of the Democratic Town Committee.
Marcus is currently serving his fourth term as a member of the Democratic State Central Committee of Connecticut from the 26th District, representing the Towns of Westport, Wilton, Ridgefield, Weston, Redding, Bethel and New Canaan.
A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Marcus has been a guest lecturer in Public Administration at Yale University and the University of Connecticut.