About Councilor-at-Large Marco T. Camacho

Marco has been a resident of Newport since immigrating with his parents to Newport from Madeira, Portugal in 1979. A member of Jesus Savior Church, Marco served as a parish altar boy and attended the former Jesus Savior School from Kindergarten through fifth grade. He received his public education through Thompson Middle School, and is a graduate of Rogers High School, Class of 1995.

Marco graduated from Providence College in 1999 and received his commission as a U.S. Army Officer through the ROTC program. An Infantryman and Airborne Ranger, Marco ultimately achieved the rank of Captain. He first volunteered to serve as a Rifle Platoon Leader for 1st Battalion 503rd Infantry Regiment, on the border of the North and South Korean DMZ. Following the September 11th attacks, he again stepped up and served with the Army’s 10th Mountain Division as Commander of Rear Detachment Forces, for Task Force 1-87’s invasion of Afghanistan.

Following his active duty military service, Marco began a career in New York Real Estate Finance. First, as an Account Executive with Accredited Home Lenders (Wall Street’s top performing IPO of 2003) and later with Allied Capital, and Credit Suisse, where he served as an Assistant Vice President in the Fixed Income Division.

In addition to his service on the Newport City Council where he serves as one of four Councilors-at-Large, he also serves on the board of directors for Discover Newport and the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission (AIPC), Board Chair of the Newport Prevention Coalition, Portuguese-American Federation, and is a member of the Newport-Middletown Knights of Columbus. Marco also works in sports marketing and event productions. He and his partners were the first organization to bring sanctioned MMA to New York City and Madison Square Garden in 2014. A full two years before the UFC. 

Marco’s professional experience in government, military, finance, and entertainment, is a perfect fit for Newport City Council. Marco will continue to work tirelessly to leverage his contacts in Military, Real Estate, Marketing, Food and Beverage, Nightlife, and Sports Entertainment, to grow our economy, improve our schools and infrastructure, and raise our quality of life to even greater heights.