Kouri C. Marshall is a proven leader, mentor, and community activist, driven by his own personal motto: “Character and consistency.” Kouri has served as a political strategist, adviser and director for organizations, campaigns and projects ranging from the local to national level. This includes tenures serving as the Deputy Director of Agency Personnel and Executive Appointments in the Office of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Chief of Staff to the Cook County Commissioner for the 1st District and as the District of Columbia’s State Director for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, then as the Executive Director of Democratic GAIN, a national progressive political association with 42,000 members.
Kouri is the co-founder and Board Chairman of ChiGivesBack, Inc., a nonprofit committed to uplifting Chicagoans via a range of philanthropic programming. Kouri received his Masters in Public Administration at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and resides in Chicago, IL.
