The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination's Program on Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations (PORDIR) weekly seminar will feature Katherine Marshall, senior fellow at Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. PORDIR lunches are open to program fellows and invited faculty only.

Katherine Marshall has worked for over three decades on international development, with a focus on issues facing the world’s poorest countries. In addition to her appointment as a senior fellow at Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, she is a visiting professor in the School of Foreign Service. She has served as senior advisor for the World Bank on issues of faith and development. Her long career with the World Bank (1971-2006) involved a wide range of leadership assignments, many focused on Africa. From 2000-2006 her mandate covered ethics, values, and faith in development work,as counselor to the World Bank’s President. She served earlier as Country Director in the World Bank’s Africa region, first for the Sahel region, then Southern Africa. She led the Bank's work on social policy and governance during the East Asia crisis years. She also worked extensively on Eastern Africa and Latin America. As a long time manager she was involved in many task forces and issues, among them exercises addressing leadership issues, conflict resolution, the role of women, and issues for values and ethics. 

Marshall has been closely engaged in the creation and development of the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD)and is its Executive Director. She serves on the Boards of several NGOs and advisory groups, including AVINA Americas, the Niwano Peace Prize International Selection Committee, and the Opus Prize Foundation. She is a board member of IDEA (International Development Ethics Association) and the International Anti-Corruption Advisory Conference (IACC) advisory council. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She served as a core group member of the Council of 100, an initiative of the World Economic Forum to advance understanding between the Islamic World and the West, and was a Trustee of Princeton University (2003-9). She has served as co-oderator of the Fes Forum which is part of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music since its inception. She speaks and publishes widely on issues for international development. 

Marshall's daughter served in the Peace Corps in Guinea and is currently at medical school at the University of Chicago; her son attends Colby College.