Biography of John Marshall
Assistant Administrator for Management
John Marshall was sworn in on Nov. 27, 2001, as assistant administrator for management of the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID). USAID is the government agency that administers economic and humanitarian
assistance worldwide.
As head of the Bureau for Management, Marshall also serves as the agency's chief information officer.
He directs USAID's management and administrative services supporting agency activities worldwide. His
responsibilities include human resource management, accounting and financial management, procurement policy
and operations, information technology and overseas support.
Before assuming his present position, Marshall had served since 1997 as a principal of IBM Business
Innovations Services in Bethesda, Md. As a member of the leadership team of IBM's government consulting
organization, he led a practice that advised federal government clients on improving performance of their
organizations through use of commercial best practices and lessons learned from IBM's re-engineering and
e-business transformation.
From 1995 to 1997, Marshall served as senior adviser to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs, where he developed legislation to restructure and reform federal agencies and management practices.
He also served previously as chief executive officer of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; deputy
administrator for management of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service at the Department
of Agriculture; and as a financial management analyst in the President's Office of Management and Budget.
Marshall's public service career also includes appointments to the Governor of Virginia's Commission
on Government Reform; the Congressionally appointed Commission for the Improvement of the Federal Crop
Insurance Program; and service on 10 advisory committees for the Arlington County, Va., government and
school board.
He has published numerous articles in his field and has been a guest panelist on the MacNeil-Lehrer
News Hour.
A native of Omaha, Neb., Marshall has a bachelor's and a master's of business administration degree
from the University of Virginia.
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