Tanji Reed Marshall is a nationally recognized and sought-after expert on educational equity and educational leadership. She has more than two decades of experience in advancing practice on behalf of students of color, those experiencing economic uncertainty, and those perpetually left on the margins of the education system. She partners with states, school districts, schools, and education organizations to solve complex issues related to educational equity and improve educational leadership.

Reed Marshall is also the director of P–12 practice at the Education Trust, a nonprofit educational equity and advocacy think tank in Washington, D.C. She earned her doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).