Carl A. Marrara is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA), the statewide business organization representing the interests of manufacturers in Pennsylvania’s public policy process since 1909.

Carl oversees the government affairs, external communications, and political strategy of the association. In addition, he acts as a writer, producer, and reporter for PMA Perspective, a weekly half-hour news program on Pennsylvania business, government, and politics; and as an editor of the PMA Bulletin, a premier in-depth analysis of current issues facing Pennsylvania’s businesses.

As the chief lobbyist for the association, he focuses on legislative advocacy, bill tracking, and grassroots activation. He maintains the PMA partnership with the Business Industry PAC in Washington, DC by deploying the “Pennsylvania Prosperity Project;” a toolkit for employers to engage their employees in voter registration and legislative issue education. To better advocate pro-growth policies, Carl focuses on building coalitions with allied stakeholders such as regional manufacturing associations, trade groups, and national think tanks. He also directs the strategy of PMA PAC, the affiliated political action committee of PMA.

With a tenure of more than a decade at PMA, Carl graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Elizabethtown College in 2009, and obtained a Master of Arts in Public Policy from New England College in 2012, where he now serves as a part-time lecturer. As a life-long Pennsylvanian hailing from Danville, Carl now calls Mechanicsburg home with his wife and two daughters.