Dr. Marshall was also instrumental in
establishing the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary
Schools of mathematics, science and technology and was
elected to serve as its founding President, a position
she held for two years.
She served as an advisor to the Education
Task Force of the President’s Council of Science
Advisors, as a member of the National Policy Council, the
National Forum for Educational Organizational Leaders,
and as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee
on Advanced Study in Mathematics and Science in U.S. High
Schools.
She is a contributor to the National Academy
of Sciences book, Learning and Understanding: Improving
Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U. S. High
Schools (2002), and a chapter author for the book Organizations
for the Future, published by the Drucker Foundation. She
is also a chapter author for Scientific Literacy for The
21st Century. Dr. Marshall has published over 35 articles
on educational innovation, educational leadership, gifted
education, and mathematics and science reform. Her book, The
Power to Transform: Leadership that Brings Learning and
Schooling to Life, was published (Jossey-Bass Publishers)
in February 2006.
Dr. Marshall has served as the Chairman of the Great Lakes District Selection
Committee for the Rhodes Scholarship, and as a member of the Commissioning
Committee of the USS Abraham Lincoln. At the invitation of Mikhail Gorbachev,
she became a member of the State of The World Forum, an international “think-tank” designed
to study and resolve issues impacting global sustainability. She has addressed
the Forum on several occasions on issues of educational transformation. She
is also a Fellow in the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers,
and Commerce in London, England. At the invitation of Queen Noor of Jordan,
she joined the Board of Directors of the Queen Noor Jubilee School in Amman,
Jordan (2002).
Dr. Marshall received Loyola University’s
Distinguished Alumni Award and was selected by the RJR
Nabisco Corporation as one of the nation’s most innovative
educational leaders. She was selected twice by the Executive
Educator Magazine and the National School Boards Association
as one of North America’s 100 Top School Executives
and received a resolution from the Illinois General Assembly
for Outstanding Contributions to Illinois Education.
The Chicago Sun Times selected her as one of the ten most powerful women in
education and one of the 100 most powerful women in Chicago; she was elected
into the inaugural Hall of Fame of Chicago Women’s Today (2002) and has
received numerous awards and recognitions for her distinctive leadership. These
include: Distinguished Service Award from the United States Marine Corps, Woman
Extraordinaire Award by the International Women’s Association, Distinguished
Citizen of the Year Award from the Boy Scouts of America, Van Miller Distinguished
Scholar Practitioner Award from the University of Illinois, and Outstanding
Women Leader of DuPage Award. In April, 2005, she was inducted into the Lincoln
Academy of Illinois and received the Order of Lincoln, Illinois’ highest
award for achievement.
Dr. Marshall is a member of numerous corporate and civic groups in Chicago
including the Economic Club, The Commercial Club, The Executives Club, and
The Chicago Network. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Tellabs,
Inc., a member of the Board of Directors of Sentry Insurance, and is a Vice-President
of The Fry Foundation in Chicago. She also serves as an international consultant,
keynote speaker and writer on issues critical to educational transformation.
About IMSA®
Located in Aurora, IL, IMSA is an internationally recognized pioneering educational
institution created in 1985 by the General Assembly under the leadership of
Governor James Thompson to develop talent and leadership in mathematics, science,
and technology and to stimulate excellence in teaching and learning in mathematics,
science and technology across the state of Illinois. IMSA’s innovative
and advanced residential college preparatory program annually enrolls 650 highly
talented Illinois students in grades 10-12. More than 3,000 students have graduated
from IMSA since 1989 and more than 21,000 teachers and 52,500 students in Illinois
and beyond have benefited from IMSA’s unique professional development
and student enrichment programs. The Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful educational institutions
for the development of talent in mathematics, science, and technology in the
world; it has served as a model for several academies in the United States
and for three institutions in mathematics and science abroad – in Australia,
Israel and Jordan.
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