Joyce A. Murphy, MPA, executive vice chancellor of UMass Medical School’s Commonwealth Medicine division, has been named one of six Outstanding Women in Business by Worcester Business Journal.
“Any one of the six 2015 Outstanding Women in Business is amazing in her own right, but the combined force of this class presents a vast array of lessons and insights for men and women of all ages looking to succeed in their professional and personal lives,” said Brad Kane, editor of Worcester Business Journal, in the Oct. 26 article.
Murphy was honored for her work in Central Massachusetts health care and for advocating for the underserved, part of the mission of Commonwealth Medicine. The awards will be presented at Worcester Business Journal’s annual luncheon Nov. 13.
“[Murphy] is one of the most optimistic people I have ever met. She is part Mother Teresa and part Eleanor Roosevelt,” Chancellor Michael F. Collins said in the article.
“There is no problem she has encountered that she hasn’t seen the solution to,” added Chancellor Collins.
Murphy assumed the senior-most executive role at Commonwealth Medicine in 2011, after serving as vice chancellor and chief operating officer for five years. Previously, she was president and chief executive officer of Carney Hospital in Dorchester; founding president of St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children; vice president of St. Margaret’s Hospital for Women; first deputy commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue; and superintendent of Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Framingham, the only women’s prison in Massachusetts.
She serves on numerous boards and commissions, including the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Advisory Council and Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg’s Advisory Committee on Wage Equality. She is vice chair of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Board of Directors. Murphy also sits on the boards of Curry College, UHealthSolutions and the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare.
