Brooke Marshall Moran '03
Brooke Marshall Moran is a proud Pirate and lifelong community leader whose personal
and
professional journey has been deeply rooted in helping others and creating meaningful
change.
A native of North Carolina, Brooke followed in the footsteps of her mother, Beth Soracco
Marshall ’72, and her brother, Seth, by attending Seton Hall University, where she
was a
four-year member of the Women’s Varsity Soccer Team and earned her B.A. in Social
and
Behavioral Sciences in 2003. She later completed her M.B.A. in Nonprofit Marketing
at
American University. Today, she lives in Providence, Rhode Island with her husband,
Michael,
and their two children.
Brooke's dedication to service started early. Her mother founded the North Carolina
Chapter of
Operation Smile, and her family modeled a life of giving back. In high school, Brooke
joined her
school’s Operation Smile Happy Club and traveled to Colombia and Ecuador with Operation
Smile medical teams, supporting children before and after cleft surgeries—experiences
that
deeply shaped her values and path forward.
At Seton Hall, Brooke thrived as a student-athlete, learning critical life skills
in time
management, leadership, and teamwork. Her teammates became like family, and she remains
closely connected with many of them, including reconnecting with many of them at the
50th
Anniversary of Women’s Athletics celebration. Her Pirate pride is as strong as ever—Brooke
continues to support Seton Hall athletics and events whenever and wherever she can.
After exploring early career paths in physical therapy and commercial real estate,
Brooke found
her calling in nonprofit work. At the strategic communications firm Reingold, she
spent eight
years managing outreach for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on initiatives
like
the Veterans Crisis Line, VA homelessness prevention, and access to VA benefits. Every
project
strengthened her passion for impactful, mission-driven work.
In 2018, Brooke moved to Rhode Island and began investing her energy into her local
community. Inspired by her family’s launch of Families4Families (F4F)—a youth-led
service
movement—Brooke founded the first F4F chapter in Rhode Island in 2023. As a
Families4Families Community Outreach Coordinator, she now helps families across the
country
launch their own student service clubs, empowering young people to lead with empathy.
Thanks
to her leadership, new chapters have been established at her children’s schools, Providence
College, and most recently, at Seton Hall, in partnership with the Women’s Soccer
Team—bringing her journey full circle.
Brooke’s life continues to reflect the values instilled in her at Seton Hall—servant
leadership,
compassion, and a deep commitment to community. Whether she’s cheering on one of her
13
nieces and nephews, organizing service initiatives, or snow skiing with her children,
she leads
with heart and purpose. She is honored to receive this year’s Seton Hall Alumni Impact
Award
and remains proud to be part of a Pirate community that values making a difference
in the lives
of others.
Beth Soracco Marshall '72
Beth Marshall is a passionate humanitarian and dedicated leader who has spent more
than
three decades working to transform the lives of children around the world. A New Jersey
native,
Beth graduated from the Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest, NJ in 1968 and Seton
Hall
University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Education and Social Studies. In
1973, she
married Jim Marshall at the Seton Hall University Chapel and together they have four
children
and are the proud grandparents of eleven grandchildren.
After beginning her career as a middle school teacher in Falls Church, VA, Beth and
Jim
relocated to North Carolina where they have lived for the past 49 years. For the first
two
decades, she devoted herself to raising her four children, becoming a deeply engaged
and
active presence in their lives. She chaired school fundraisers, organized parent events
for their
sports teams, and proudly served as their biggest cheerleader—both literally and figuratively.
She spent countless hours on the sidelines of what felt like 10,000 soccer games,
supporting
her very athletic children, including her daughter Brooke Marshall Moran, who went
on to play
varsity soccer at Seton Hall University. During that time, Beth also found time to
shine on the
court as a champion women’s tennis player.
In 1990, she channeled her deep commitment to service into founding the North Carolina
Chapter of Operation Smile, where she served as Director. What began as a local effort
quickly
grew into a regional and international movement under her leadership as Vice President
of
Development for Latin America.
Beth played a pivotal role in the fundraising, marketing, and strategic growth efforts
that led to
the successful development of Operation Smile Foundations in 12 Latin American countries.
Over the course of her 30 years of dedicated volunteer service, her leadership and
unwavering
commitment helped provide life-changing cleft surgeries to more than 80,000 children
across
Latin America.
In recognition of her extraordinary contributions to the children and families served
by Operation
Smile, Beth received formal honors from the countries of Ecuador, Mexico, Bolivia,
Peru,
Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. As a lasting tribute to her impact, the organization’s
national headquarters named its executive conference space the "Beth Marshall Executive
Conference Room."
Beth remains actively involved in the mission she helped grow, serving on the boards
of
Operation Smile chapters in Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Mexico.
Affectionately known as “Nonni,” Beth now spends as much time as possible with her
eleven
grandchildren, continuing to inspire others through her legacy of compassion, leadership,
and
service. That legacy lives on in her family—all of her children, their spouses, and
even her
grandchildren have dedicated significant time and energy to meaningful service work,
a true
reflection of the values Beth has instilled across generations
