Dr. JENNIFER MURRAY

• Advising, developing and implementing corporate growth strategies
• Extricating latent growth inhibitors
• Communication, Marketing, and Business Development Strategies
• Human Capital, Organizational Design, Change Management and Organizational Culture
• Coaching Senior Leaders in Application of Functional Organizational Leadership
• Embedded as: Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and Organizational Strategy at New City Mortgage LLC (www.newcitymortgage.com)
• Embedded as: Principal of G. Lyon Photography, Inc. (www.glyonphotography.com)

• Revitalized policies, procedures & protocols of 60-year-old congregation
• Operations, Admin, Facilities, MarCom, HR, Teaching and Strategic Initiatives
• Brought clarity/balance to complex accounting & corporate budgets, forecasts, P&L
• Oversaw 3MM architectural renovation with Studio Red Architects which included re-branding plus physical facilities move; procured multi-million renovation loan
• Led search for Lead Pastor vacancy, including facilitating board initiatives & annual congregational business

• Launched entrepreneurial nonprofit, including entity name selection, non-profit filing, board establishment, media and PR, resource development, fundraising, and developing corporate relations with entities such as Caterpillar Inc and the Greater Houston Community Foundation
• Nominated Founder & Awarded as CNN Heroes, CNN Top 10 Heroes, Jefferson Award for Public Service (Houston & National Recipient)
• Established initial Caterpillar HQ and Cat Foundation meetings resulting in ongoing financial and equipment support
• Media secured with People Magazine, Reality TV screenings, ABC 20/20 with John Stossel, plus embedded grad student as a staff videographer

• Course Instruction & Management: curriculum development and writing, course development, grading, daily course management, teaching, cultivation of relevant guest lecturers, and student engagement
• Taught and Co-Taught (5) Courses: Leadership Theory to Practice, The Creative Process, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Leadership in Professional Context, and the Leadership Certificate Seminar on Dialogue, Values and Ethics
• Program Management: courses, leadership certificate, summer mentorship experience, envision grant, external conferences, student coaching pilot program, hosting/attending leadership development events, program fundraising, student mentoring, and community/corporate mentor development
• Placed and Managed 60 students in a funded competitive local, national, and global summer mentorship experience: United Nations World Food Programme, Department of Education, National Science Foundation, Center for the Study of the Presidency, ABC 20/20, Fox News, EEOC, Ashoka, College World Series, Houston Dynamo, Houston Astros, Houston Texans, Harris County Sports Authority, Houston Office of the Mayor, Houston Symphony, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Healthcare for the Homeless, Mexican Institute, Houston Endowment

• MarCom consultancy servicing higher education, non-profit and entrepreneurial markets
• Brand development, MarCom, strategic consulting, graphics & web producing
• Org development, leadership development, and strategic leadership coaching

• Brand awareness, campaigns & management, project management, creative and production design, advertising, and professional photo shoots
• University Marketing Key Clients: School of Law, School of Business, Washington DC Campus and University Advancement
• Recruited to Regent Law to establish in-house marketing department: department formation, marketing strategy, design and web production for Regent Law, and the Regent Law ABA-Library
• (Also offered DC Campus Marketing Director position).

Wicked Problem: Cultivating Business Acumen for non-MBA Org Leaders (Church MBA)

Thesis Project: reThinking Modern Church Design, Programming and Process; Ancillary Research: Architectural Photography and Representation in the Modern Age

Dissertation Project: When Story is More Powerful than Reality

Thesis Project: The Creative Process of Entrepreneurship

Lifeforming Leadership Coaching, Coach & Trainer Credential

Chair, Executive Alumni Board

Chair, School of Communication and the Arts Alumni Board

Senior Class President; Jr. Class Vice President