Creating Change Arts Trustee Learning Cohort

Elizabeth Murphy is the founder and CEO of Rathu Consulting. She partners with philanthropic and charitable organizations as a strategist providing short and long-term strategic advising and planning for Boards and executive staff as they meet the challenges of leading their organizations during times of growth, crises, or turnaround. Elizabeth has also served as the executive director for the American Liver Foundation Mid-Atlantic Chapter and as a Creative Producer for professional theatre companies. She has produced over 125 theatrical productions throughout New York City, New Jersey, Belfast, Dublin, London, Edinburgh, and Australia. Elizabeth holds dual citizenship – Irish and American, and from 2008 to 2012 she lived and worked in Ireland. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Mary’s College/University of Notre Dame, and holds executive education certificates from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business—Executive Education Program for Nonprofit Leaders, and Rutgers University’s Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance.

Kerrien is president and chief executive officer of Equity in the Center, a field-wide initiative to influence social sector leaders to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to achieve race equity. In 2018, EiC published Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture, which details management and operational levers organizations utilize to center race equity and transform culture. A management consultant with 25 years of experience, Kerrien has led engagements to refine programs and scale impact for national nonprofits and philanthropies, as well as provided facilitation, coaching and strategic advising on operationalizing equity.  She is a graduate of Harvard College and London School of Economics, a member of the Washington Performing Arts board of directors and a devoted patron of the arts since childhood. Kerrien has supported local and national arts organizations, including International Association of Blacks in Dance, League of American Orchestras, American Alliance of Museums, Washington Performing Arts, The Washington Ballet, The Levine School of Music, the DC-Baltimore Musical Pathways Program, New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony. As contributing author, she wrote a foreword to the League of American Orchestra’s Catalyst Guide on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Artistic Planning. You can learn more about her work at www.linkedin.com/in/kerriensuarez.