Marc Hyden is the director of state government affairs at the R Street Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based free-market-focused think tank. Before joining R Street, he was a senior manager for Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty. Previously, he was a campaign field representative with the National Rifle Association, a campaign manager for a Republican congressional race in western North Carolina, the legislative liaison/public affairs specialist with the Georgia emergency management and homeland security agency, and the legislative aide to the Georgia Senate's president pro tempore.
Hyden is the author of Gaius Marius: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Saviour, published in 2017. He received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Georgia State University.
