Marc Collazzo is the Executive Director of the Fishtown Kensington Area Business Improvement District (BID), a position he has held since January 2020. The Fishtown and Kensington areas has been an internationally recognized hamlet and called the model of urban development. The Department of Tourism for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designated the Fishtown Kensington Area BID as a “Destination Marketing Organization”, alerting visitors from far and wide to visit the commercial corridor. Prior this role, Marc was the Executive Director of the Mayfair Business Improvement District and Mayfair Community Development Corporation, where he strove to bring this iconic, Northeast Philadelphia corridor back into acclaim. Under his leadership the organization was twice nominated for “Non-Profit of the Year” for the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s Excellence Awards , as well as being honored as “2019 Business of the Year” by the Police District Service Area (PDAC). Marc is a lifelong Pennsylvanian. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Temple University, as well as earned a degree of Juris Doctor from the Widener University School of Law in 1993. After serving a judicial clerkship with United States Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter, Marc worked in private practice until 2009, where I handled complex civil and matrimonial matters. Marc re-entered public service in 2009/2010 when he became the Policy Analyst for former City Councilman At Large, Frank Rizzo, then served from 2011 to 2017, as the Chief of Staff for Pennsylvania State Representative, John J. Taylor (177th Legislative District; Chairman, House Transportation Committee).