Mark Allan Marissen (born 1966 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada) is a former senior strategist for the Liberal Party of Canada, and principal of Burrard Communications Inc., a strategic communications firm he founded in 1998.Marissen has also recently joined Pacific Future Energy Corporation, along with former International Trade Minister Stockwell Day and former National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations Shawn Atleo and Ovide Mercredi as well as Dave Coles, former President of the Canadian Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union (CEP). Wikipedia