Lucretia Murphy currently serves as chief solutions officer at Jobs for the Future (JFF). In this role, she is building and scaling JFF’s Solutions Group and overseeing the successful delivery of impact-generating programs and initiatives aligned with JFF’s strategic goals and objectives. Murphy previously served as vice president of JFF’s Center for Justice & Economic Advancement where she developed integrated strategies to increase economic opportunity for individuals and economic prosperity for communities, with an emphasis on economic advancement for young people and adults who have criminal records.
Before joining JFF, Murphy was executive director of the See Forever Foundation, which operates the Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools in Washington, DC. Murphy received a PhD in higher education policy from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor’s degree in international politics, law, and organization from Georgetown University.
