Cynthia G. Marshall
AT&T North Carolina

Cynthia Marshall is currently President, AT&T North Carolina, and directly responsible for the company’s regulatory, legislative and community affairs activities in the state while overseeing AT&T’s operations of 8,400 employees. She has 28 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, joining Pacific Bell in July 1981. She was named to her current position in January 2007.

Cynthia is active in civic affairs at all levels. Nationally, she serves on the Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and the National Utilities Diversity Council. Within North Carolina, she serves on the Board of Directors and is First Vice Chair of the North Carolina State Chamber, the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, the CEO Advisory Council of the North Carolina Center for Non-Profits, and the Board of Trustees of Bennett College. She also serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of the Central Carolinas and the Foundation For the Carolinas.

Deeply committed to advocacy for children in need of adoption or in need of support in foster care situations, Cynthia is a member of the Board of the North Carolina Children’s Home Society. She is also a strong believer in public education and serves on the General Assembly’s Committee on Dropout Prevention and on the North Carolina New Schools Project Board of Directors. She has led AT&T North Carolina in focusing its corporate citizenship activities on dropout prevention and in becoming the title sponsor of the North Carolina Teacher of the Year program, designed to encourage and support outstanding public educators.

Since coming to North Carolina, Cynthia has received many awards and honors, including “Friend of Education” from the NC Association of Educators, the Award of Excellence from the Thurgood Marshall Fund, the Woman of Substance Award from Bennett College and the Eagle Award from CareerFocus Magazine. In 2008, the NC State Board of Education proclaimed her a Friend of Education for her untiring efforts on behalf of state’s students and schools. She has received the North Carolina Exceptional Leader Award from North Carolina Magazine and been named a Woman Extraordinaire by Business Leader magazine.

The fourth of six children, Cynthia grew up in Richmond, California, and resides in Cary, NC. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where she attained degrees in Business Administration and Human Resources Management. Cynthia is married to Kenneth Marshall. They have three teenagers.

A self-professed sports nut and soccer mom, her favorite movie is Brian’s Song. She has a passion for her work, enjoys being busy and loves working for AT&T.