Margalit Murray

Background

About Margalit Murray

I have 23 years of experience in the U.S. national security and foreign policy community and strong leadership, management and cross-cultural communication skills. A big-picture thinker who focuses on results and action, I'm skilled at building strategic partnerships for short and long term goals, communicating policy priorities to internal and external stakeholders, investigating complex international criminal activity, and leading cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.While serving as a U.S. diplomat both overseas and domestic, I directed teams in delivering on foreign policy goals, developed and led security programs that allowed organizations to adapt and react to risk, and created multi and bilateral capacity building initiatives that strengthened global security. I specialize in strategic planning, capacity building, public policy, risk mitigation, criminal investigations and liaison, and founded and maintained hundreds of critical public and private sector relationships. Rising to challenges, I served in many dangerous, fast-paced, and fluid security environments and won over a dozen State Department awards for my service including the Heroism Award for my actions defending personnel during an attack on the US Embassy in Kabul.I have extensive public engagement and speaking experience addressing internal and external audiences, including media, speaking on diverse issues ranging from counterterrorism, criminal investigations, money laundering and organized crime, foreign policy impact and influences, security and risk analysis.