John W. Marshall

John W. Marshall

11th Virginia Secretary of Public Safety
In office January 14, 2002 – January 16, 2010
Governor	Mark Warner Tim Kaine
Preceded by	Gary K. Aronhalt
Succeeded by	Marla Graff Decker
7th Director of the U.S. Marshals Service
In office November 17, 1999 – January 2001
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Eduardo Gonzalez
Succeeded by	Benigno G. Reyna

Personal details
Born	John William Marshall (1958-07-06) July 6, 1958 Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Parents	Thurgood Marshall Cecilia Suyat Marshall
Alma mater	Georgetown University (B.A.)

John William Marshall (born July 6, 1958) served as Secretary of Public Safety in the Cabinet of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine from 2006 to 2010, and Governor Mark Warner from 2002 to 2006, and was the longest-serving member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet.^[1]

Prior to becoming Virginia Secretary of Public Safety in January, 2002, he served in the Virginia State Police, an agency under the jurisdiction of the Virginia Secretary of Public Safety, from 1980 to 1994, where he was assigned as a State Trooper, Narcotics Division Special Agent, Training Academy Instructor, and Field Operations Sergeant. From 1994 to 1999, he served as United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia. In 1999, he was appointed as the first African-American Director of the United States Marshals Service by President Bill Clinton, serving in that post until 2001. His educational background includes a B.A. in government from Georgetown University, and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Administration of Justice from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Following his resignation as Virginia Secretary of Public Safety in January, 2010, he served as a consultant and senior advisor to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund until January, 2011, and subsequently became a public speaker on topics including criminal justice and civil rights.^[1]

He is the son of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and a Filipino American mother, Cecilia Suyat Marshall.^[2]^[3]^[4] He is also the brother of Thurgood Marshall, Jr., former Secretary to the Cabinet in the Clinton administration. He is not related to Supreme Court justice John Marshall.

References

1 2 "John Marshall". greatblackspeakers.com.
↑ "Mrs. Cecilia "Sissy" Suyat Marshall, wife of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall".
↑ "Imagining the Filipino American Diaspora".
↑ "Cecilia "Cissy" Suyat". American Public Media.

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Cabinet of Governor Mark Warner (2002–2006)

Cabinet
Secretary of the Commonwealth	Anita Rimler (2002–2006)
Secretary of Administration	Sandra Bowen (2002–2006)
Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry	Robert Bloxom (2005–2006)
Secretary of Commerce and Trade	Michael J. Schewel (2002–2006)
Secretary of Education	Belle Wheelan (2002–2005) Peter A. Blake (2005–2006)
Secretary of Finance	John M. Bennett (2002–2006)
Secretary of Health and Human Resources	Jane Woods (2002–2006)
Secretary of Natural Resources	W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. (2002–2006)
Secretary of Public Safety	John W. Marshall (2002–2006)
Secretary of Technology	George Newstrom (2002–2004) Eugene Huang (2004–2006)
Secretary of Transportation	Whittington W. Clement (2002–2005) Pierce Homer (2005–2006)

Cabinet-level
Chief of Staff	William H. Leighty (2002–2006)
Counsel to the Governor	Robert Blue (2002–2005) Robert P. Crouch (2005–2006)
Assistant for Commonwealth Preparedness	John H. Hager (2002–2004) George W. Foresman (2004–2006)
Special Advisor for Workforce Development	Barbara Bolin (2003–2006)

Cabinet of Governor Tim Kaine (2006–2010)

Cabinet
Secretary of the Commonwealth	Katherine Hanley (2006–2010)
Secretary of Administration	Viola Baskerville (2006–2010)
Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry	Robert Bloxom (2006–2010)
Secretary of Commerce and Trade	Patrick Gottschalk (2006–2010)
Secretary of Education	Thomas R. Morris (2006–2010)
Secretary of Finance	Jody Wagner (2006–2008) Ric Brown (2008–2010)
Secretary of Health and Human Resources	Marilyn Tavenner (2006–2010)
Secretary of Natural Resources	Preston Bryant (2006–2010)
Secretary of Public Safety	John W. Marshall (2006–2010)
Secretary of Technology	Aneesh Chopra (2006–2009) Leonard Pomata (2009–2010)
Secretary of Transportation	Pierce Homer (2006–2010)

Cabinet-level
Chief of Staff	William H. Leighty (2006–2007) Wayne Turnage (2007–2010)
Deputy Chief of Staff	Wayne Turnage (2006–2007) Steve Harms (2006–2007)
Counsel to the Governor	Lawrence Roberts (2006–2009) Mark E. Rubin (2009–2010)
Assistant for Commonwealth Preparedness	Robert P. Crouch (2006–2010)
Senior Advisor for Workforce	Daniel G. LeBlanc (2006–2010)

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