Marcos Marrero oversees MassDevelopment's Community Development division, which encompasses the agency's Transformative Development Initiative, Community Investment and Business Development teams. Marcos previously served the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts as Director of Planning and Economic Development, deploying the state's largest urban renewal plan. In the role, he planned, permitted, capitalized, and/or oversaw construction of public and private development projects worth well over $100 million, leading to renewed economic growth in the city. Previously, he also served on Governor Baker's Economic Development Planning Committee twice, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Corporation, and the Governor's Office in Puerto Rico. Marcos holds a dual master's in Public Affairs and Urban & Regional Planning from the Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, and a bachelor's in Economics and Political Science from the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras. He resides with his wife and two young boys in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He volunteers his time as a Commissioner for the Holyoke Gas & Electric municipal utility, a national board member for the EforAll entrepreneurship program based in Lowell, Massachusetts, and for Pregones/Puerto Rican Travelling Theater based in the Bronx, New York.