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Alumni Spotlight: Jenny Willier Murphy (Col ’89)

Please join us in recognizing Jenny Willier Murphy (Col ’89) for her dedication spending over 20 years working on rule of law, citizen justice and security reform programming, and issues with the U.S. State Department, USAID (US Agency of International Development), and other organizations/companies. She has special expertise in the Americas and has been serving for the past few years as a member of the Board of Directors for the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) aka Centro de Estudios de Justicia de las Américas (CEJA). Her nominee notes her extensive experience writing that “it would take several pages just to summarize her career!” In addition to her professional achievements, Jenny has been an active alumna of the University of Virginia. She served on the Board of Directors of The Bolívar Network from approximately 2007 to 2011. During that time, among other projects, she helped to initiate the creation of the BN First Year Scholarship–of which she was one of the founding donors. She has also served several times on the Fundraising Committee for her class as part of Reunions Weekends. While at UVA, Jenny majored in Spanish & Foreign Affairs.