Her wide-ranging work aims squarely at advancing human welfare, bridging divides and building partnerships among religious and non-religious institutions and policies. Marshall, who worked at the World Bank from 1971 to 2006, has over four decades of experience on development issues in Africa, Latin America, Southeast and South Asia, and the Middle East, focusing on the world’s poorest countries and most vulnerable groups. She led the World Bank’s faith and ethics initiative between 2000 and 2006.

She is a pioneering operational leader who has mentored countless younger staff and works from numerous perspectives to strengthen partnerships with countries and communities.

Marshall’s most recent book, co-edited with Susan Hayward, is Women, Religion, and Peacebuilding: Illuminating the Unseen (United States Institute of Peace, 2015).

Marshall has a B.A. from Wellesley College and an MPA from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Further Resources:

Faith and Debt: Challenging the G20

The G20 Interfaith Forum 2019: Faith on the World Stage