In February, Suzanne M. Murphy took up her duties as TC’s new Vice President for Development and External Affairs. An alumna who returns to TC after successful stints leading development at Sarah Lawrence College and Marymount College of Manhattan, Murphy calls her new position a “dream job.

 

“Fundraising for me has to be an organic process—I have to believe in and care deeply about an institution’s goals to be able to raise funds to support them,” she says. “Since I was a college student, I’ve been reading about Teachers College, its mission, its vision and its broader involvement at the center of the national dialogue on providing education and educational access.”