Rich Murphy
specializes in strategic communications
Rich Murphy is a strategic communications consultant, specializing in public affairs and media relations. He provides mission-driven internal and external communications services to public and private organizations. He helps them imagine excellence and communicate results.
During the past six years, Rich has provided strategic counsel and communications services to organizations as diverse as the Pacific Northwest Research Institute, the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research, Bio 21, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund, the Seattle Central Community College Foundation, Powerful Schools, the 2005 Fall of Saigon organizing committee, and the Highline School District. He has edited newsletters, managed the development of collateral materials, built and managed relationships with local and regional media, and represented organizations in their developing relationships with other organizations and community groups.
Rich serves on the Boards of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and the Seattle Central Community College Foundation. He has been a member of the REACH 2010 Coalition, a diabetes education program of Seattle/King County Public Health, and has served as associate chair of the Forum Committee of the City Club of Seattle. He is an alumnus of Leadership Tomorrow, where he has been a team coach and is currently a member of the Curriculum Committee. Rich holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. in English from Santa Clara University.