Kit Marshall
Class of 1977
Secretary
Kit Marshall is a 1977 ORU graduate (Social Work). At ORU, she was on the women’s
basketball team and was a wing Athletic Chairman. She spent several years as a social
worker and 18 years in the nonprofit world: 16 with David Barton (’76) and WallBuilders
and two at Point of View Ministries. Kit is a certified Emergency Manager with Parker
County Office of Emergency Management where she developed/manages the Strategic National
Stockpile program (planning, training, exercising, and responding for a public incident) and
the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT); works with local jurisdictions, school
districts, and healthcare agencies; and maintains county Emergency Management plans.
She is involved in public outreach, teaching, and public presentations. She has written
many successful grants for the County. She is an advocate for rural jurisdictions,
serving on regional committees at the North Central Texas Council of Governments and
North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council. Kit is in her seventh term as
Mayor of Aledo after four years on the City Council. A well-respected community leader
and volunteer for many Parker County organizations, she earned the President’s Lifetime
Achievement Award for Volunteerism. She is President of Aledo EDC; founding member
of both Rotary of Aledo and East Parker County Chamber of Commerce; and board member
of Probe Ministries, to name a few. She and her husband Hugh have two children (one
ORU grad) and four grandchildren. Including siblings and extended family, there are
15 ORU grads and one currently attending.