Marsha has joined the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Office of Public Diplomacy as a Franklin Fellow. She is self-funded through her own consultancy business, McLean & George Ltd. which specializes in facilitating cultural change in organizations.

Marsha has been working in the field of organization change and development for over 30 years and as such brings a wealth of experience with her from both the public and private sectors. She received her Master's Degree from Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management while she was a Director of a retail conglomerate based in Cleveland.

Subsequently Marsha travelled to the UK to pursue her PhD at the University of Bath where she founded, along with colleagues, her own consultancy. Her consulting has spanned both sides of the Atlantic plus SE Asia and Australia. Along with her husband, Adrian, she has pioneered methods to help organizations understand their culture(s) and to support them through periods of change. She always looks to discover and build on the natural strengths already present within her client systems using collaborative methods of inquiry, dialogue and the adoption of an "appreciative eye".

She is a successful businesswoman having established two start up businesses. She has found way of combining her passion for organization change with professional education and development as a co-founder of the first Master's Program in Organization Consulting at a prominent business school in England. She is also the co-founder of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting, an international network focusing on strength- based approaches to change.

She hopes to bring her experience with the private sector to the State Department by helping to establish private/public partnerships; coaching leaders in new approaches to management; and designing and facilitating events which encourage generative dialogue and high participation.