Marie-Rose Romain Murphy, Economic Stimulus Projects for Work and Action - ESPWA / Haiti Community Foundation (Haiti)

Marie-Rose is the President of RMC-Romain Murphy Consulting, a nonprofit management and strategy firm that works internationally with a wide range of organizations from small grassroots local organizations to large $1 billion institutions working globally. She consistently serves as an effective “Partner for Community Change.”

Born and raised in Haiti, she is a social entrepreneur who has helped to launch several programmes and organizations including ESPWA, Inc. (Economic Stimulus Projects for Work and Action), a Haitian-led organization focusing on the long-term development of Haitian organizations working in Haiti. She’s also the Co-Founder of the Haiti Community Foundation, Haiti’s first community foundation. She has more than thirty years of experience and a strong track record in community development, human services, humanitarian projects, philanthropy, marketing, executive leadership, and social entrepreneurship. Her core interest is the creation of viable and sustainable pathways of development for low-income individuals, marginalized communities and developing countries. She provides thought leadership in anti-racism, localization, decolonization, aid restructuring and community-led structural change.

Marie-Rose has an MBA from Babson College’s Olin Graduate School of Business, an M.S. in Community Economic Development from New Hampshire College, and a B.S. in Journalism with a focus on International Relations from Boston University. She also holds an Executive Education Certificate from Harvard University’s Kennedy School on “Leading Smart Policy Design: A Multisectoral Approach to Economic Decisions” as well as a Certificate in Asset Management from the Consortium for Housing Asset Management and has studied Design Thinking at the University of Oxford, England.