Education and Early Career
A 1994 honors graduate of Williams College, Markus earned his Juris Doctor with high honors from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the a cappella group Scales of Justice, and his Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2001, which awarded Markus the Wilmers Fellowship for State and Local Government. While still a student, Harvard designated Markus an "Innovator in Public Service" for his work to improve legislative processes and government transparency using state-level C-SPAN public affairs systems—work that prompted other states to explore gavel-to-gavel coverage of their governments and for which Markus won the national Goldsmith Award. Previously Markus had served as policy assistant to environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and as legislative director to New York State Assembly Member Sandy Galef (D-Westchester).
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