A sought-after international speaker, published Author, certified Coach and TV Lifestyle Personality, Dee Marshall is Managing Director at Raise The Bar, LLC a WBENC Certified company who services primarily Fortune 500 corporations and individuals who are high-level, high-profile and high-ranking. She is Founder of Girlfriends Pray Inc. an international non-profit organization of over 100K women (currently in three countries and over 26 US markets) and Marshall is also contributor for Essence Magazine. Her speaking credits span from small to large audiences around the world. Although she has been covered by numerous media outlets to include ABC, MSNBC, Fox, WMAR, WATC, Praise 102.5, 98.7 Kiss, Black Enterprise, Upscale, ShePreneur, Rolling Out, Kingdom Alive, Gospel Today and Heart & Soul Magazine, her most visible television role is resident Life Coach on TV One Makeover Manor.

Prior to launching out on her own Marshall spent over ten years working on Wall Street in management and organizational development for Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, Moody’s Investor Service, Johnson & Johnson and managed a third of the advertising sales division at The New York Times.

Marshall received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Centenary College and was pursuing graduate studies with the intent of becoming a first year Doctoral student at Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Studies in 2007... however her career took off in another direction placing her in front of the television camera, a life interruption she graciously embraced. Dee is a recognized thought leader and “go to” authority in the women’s empowerment arena across all industries. She was selected as Hope Magazine Top 25 Women that Inspires alongside many powerful women from around the globe including Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Kerry Washington, Princess Kate, Karen Bass, Tasha Cobbs, Hilary Clinton and more...

As a result of her service to women, she has received numerous awards including Who’s Who New York City, National Association of Female Executives Women in Corporate Award, NAACP Community Service Award, National Sales Network New York/New Jersey Strategic Leadership Award, Delta Sigma Theta Women of Achievement Award, New Brunswick Education Fund Hall of Distinguished Alumni, and the Wright Foundation Diamond Award of Excellence, God’s Women Rock and many others. Marshall resides in New Jersey. She is working on her new book “Girl, Move Out of Your Own Way”, a television project, and a special initiative with Girlfriends Pray and the White House Office on Faith
Based Initiatives.