Thurgood Marshall Jr.

Thurgood Marshall Jr.
Marshall in 2012
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
In office
November 15, 2011 – September 13, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byLouis J. Giuliano[1]
Succeeded byMike Duncan
Member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
In office
December 15, 2006 – September 13, 2018
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byNed McWherter[2]
Succeeded byMike Duncan[3]
White House Cabinet Secretary
In office
February 7, 1997 – January 20, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byKitty Higgins
Succeeded byAlbert Hawkins III
Personal details
Born (1956-08-12) August 12, 1956 (age 68)
New York City, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Teddi Levy
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(m. 2008)​
RelationsJohn W. Marshall (brother)
Children2
Parents
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA, JD)

Thurgood Marshall Jr. (born August 12, 1956) is an American lawyer and son of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Marshall worked in the Bill Clinton White House and is a retired international law firm partner. He also served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ford Foundation.

He is a member of the board of directors of En+ Group,[4] the world's largest producer of low-carbon aluminum and independent hydropower; and DRB Capital[5] a financial services firm headquartered in Florida. According to documents filed with the SEC, he is a director serving on the board of Corrections Corporation of America,[6] the largest commercial vendor of federal detainment and prisoner transport in the United States.[7] Since 2012, Marshall is also an independent director serving on the board of Genesco, an international footwear and apparel retailer based in Nashville, Tennessee.[8]

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  3. ^ "Chairman and USPS Board of Governors, Robert M. Duncan". about.usps.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  4. ^ "En+ Group – largest producer of low-carbon aluminium". Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  5. ^ "TeamDRB - Dedicated to the Terrific Team at DRB Capital". Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  6. ^ "Yahoo Finance – Business Finance, Stock Market, Quotes, News". biz.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  7. ^ "CoreCivic: Better the Public Good". www.corecivic.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  8. ^ "Genesco Inc Board of Directors". insiders.morningstar.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-06.