Leadership

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Joshuah Marshall brings nearly 20 years of leadership experience across the nonprofit, government, and philanthropic sectors. He has deep expertise in advancing social and economic equity, with a particular focus on policies impacting Native American communities. His work spans federal, state, local, and tribal levels, collaborating with thought leaders to drive meaningful change.

Marshall’s leadership experience includes overseeing multibillion-dollar infrastructure investments, federal rulemaking, and policy analysis at both state and federal levels. He has successfully designed and managed millions in federal and private funding, with expertise in program management, operations, technical assistance, and the implementation of evidence-based practices. A skilled leader, he excels in bringing together diverse stakeholders, particularly within underserved and marginalized communities.

Marshall most recently served in the Biden-Harris Administration as the Senior Advisor to the Director of the Indian Health Service. IHS is the principal federal health care provider and advocate for over 2.6 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. In this role, he advised on high-level health policy, strategic initiatives, and agency operations.

His responsibilities included overseeing the $3.5 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment in the IHS Sanitation Facilities Construction Program, ensuring essential water, sewage, and waste disposal facilities for Native communities. He played a key role in securing National Voter Registration Act designations for five IHS facilities under Executive Order 14019 on voting rights, led final rulemaking on reproductive health care access and catastrophic health emergency funding, and crafted policy responses to the 2024 Supreme Court ruling in Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe on contract support costs.

In 2023, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland appointed Marshall as a federal commissioner on the Not Invisible Act Commission, addressing the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. His portfolio also included advancing key Executive Orders related to gender policy, environmental justice, climate change, health care access, and tribal-federal relations.

Prior to his role in the Biden-Harris Administration, Marshall worked at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a leading nonpartisan research institute, where he specialized in state fiscal policy, anti-poverty programs, racial equity, and tribal sovereignty. He played a pivotal role in integrating racial equity and pro-tribal sovereignty frameworks into the work of the State Priorities Partnership, a coalition of 43 state-based think tanks.

Marshall’s previous federal service includes roles at the Administration for Children & Families, where he worked with the Administration for Native Americans and the Tribal Home Visiting Program. A Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Morocco, 2007-09), he holds a B.A. in English and Philosophy and a Master of Public Administration .

Marshall is Northern Arapaho and Black and was, born and raised on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. He is a dedicated advocate for strengthening federal-tribal relations and improving health, social, and economic outcomes for Native American communities and other marginalized communities. 

He lives in Washington, D.C.