Steve Marchand

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Steve Marchand
Mayor of Portsmouth, NH
In office 2005 – 2007
Succeeded by	Incumbent

Born	January 10, 1974
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Sandi Hennequin
Religion	Roman Catholic

Steve Marchand is the current mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2008.

1 Family and youth
2 Education and Early career
3 Public Service
4 Volunteer Work
5 U.S. Senate Campaign
6 Official sites

[edit] Family and youth

Steve Marchand was born and bred on the west side of Manchester, New Hampshire. A first-generation American, Steve's parents came to New Hampshire from Quebec, Canada. His father, Normand, was a carpenter, and his mother Suzanne was a mill worker. Steve attended Manchester and Goffstown Public Schools and was the first member of his family to attend college.

[edit] Education and Early career

Marchand received a B.S in International Relations and a B.A. in Public Affairs from Syracuse University in 1996. . He went on to receive a Masters in Public Administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University in 1998.

Following college, Marchand began his professional career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), working with public and private sector clients to implement database management systems. He later joined Maximus, a government management consulting firm, in its state and local government division. Marchand played a key role in improving the performance of local government departments across the U.S., with an emphasis on public safety.

In 2000, Marchand was named as Regional Director of the Concord Coalition a nonpartisan, grassroots organization advocating fiscal responsibility and generational fairness. He coordinated operations in New England and New York State.

Marchand went on to found Pembroke Strategies, an international public policy consulting firm. He worked with major national organizations, such as the AARP and SEIU, to develop sound and efficient U.S. public policy. He has also worked with delegations from various developing nations to promote democracy and to create emergency management systems.

Marchand's political consulting includes acting as Campaign Director for former Executive Councilor Jim Normand's 2002 New Hampshire gubernatorial primary campaign. Marchand also served as Deputy Campaign Manager, overseeing policy and communications, for State Sen. Mark Fernald's 2002 gubernatorial campaign. Marchand acted as campaign director for 2004 1st Congressional District nominee Justin Nadeau.

Following the 2002 campaign season, Marchand was named New Hampshire's political "Rising Star" of the year by the influential political web site PoliticsNH.com, as well as one of the 105 people with the greatest influence on the 2004 New Hampshire Presidential Primary.

[edit] Public Service

First elected in 2003 to the Portsmouth City Council, Marchand served on the City Council from 2003-2005 and was elected Mayor in 2005. Since then, he has been a leader on increasing accountability in government and restraining tax increases. He reformed the city's budget process into an "outcome-based" model, emphasizing transparency, public input, and results-based policy-making to deliver the city's goals quickly and efficiently.

Under Mayor Marchand, the City of Portsmouth has become a national leader in 21st century green energy policy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving energy, and saving taxpayers money.

With Save Our Shipyard, Steve fought to save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from the Base Realignment and Closure Commission in 2005.

[edit] Volunteer Work

A life-long supporter of community development and activism, Steve devotes much of his time to local charitable causes. Steve is the co-chair of City Year's 2007 national convention, to be held in Manchester this spring. A strong proponent of increasing community service, particularly among younger citizens, Steve is helping to bring this AmeriCorps national service organization to the first non-urban convention in its 19-year history.