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CYNTHIA G. MARSHALL

Cynthia G. Marshall
AT&T North Carolina

Cynthia G. Marshall is currently State President, AT&T North Carolina, responsible for the company’s regulatory, legislative and community affairs activities in the state. She most recently served as Senior Vice President – Regulatory and Constituency Relations for AT&T California.

Cynthia has 26 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, joining Pacific Bell in July 1981 as a Group Manager in Operator Services. Since then she has held a variety of line management and staff positions in the following departments: Operations, Human Resources, Network Engineering and Planning, and Regulatory/External Affairs.

She serves on the Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the Board of Directors of the North Carolina State Chamber and the Steering Committee of the 2007 Triangle Heart Walk.

Cynthia is deeply committed to advocacy for children needing to be adopted or needing support in foster care situations. In California, she was on Board of Directors of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Contra Costa County and served as a trainer and spokesperson for the Contra Costa County Social Services Department’s Foster Care/Adoption program. In her faith community, she was actively involved with youth programs, conducting a variety of workshops and seminars and teaching a Sunday school class. She was also Vice-Chair of the California Utilities Diversity Council.

The fourth of six children, Cynthia grew up in Richmond, California, and currently resides in Cary, North Carolina. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where she attained degrees in Business Administration and Human Resources Management. Cynthia has been married to Kenneth Marshall for 23 years. They have two children, Anthony, 14, and Shirley, 12, both of whom are adopted.

Cynthia enjoys church activities, being a sports mom, writing religious poetry and advocating for children that need homes. A self-professed sports nut, her favorite movie is Brian’s Song. She has a passion for her work, enjoys being busy and loves working for AT&T.

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