Donna Murphy is the worldwide managing partner of Euro RSCG Life Worldwide, the largest fully unified health marketing network with 60 agencies in 50 countries with 2,000 employees.  and Healthcare Agency of the Year by Adweek (the first time an agency has won both honors in one year). 

Murphy joined the Euro RSCG network in 1987. She and her managing partner, Doug Burcin, are responsible for Euro RSCG Life Global network, which consists of 60 offices, with 2,000 employees worldwide. It was named Network of the Year for 2010 by Marketing and Media

Parent company Euro RSCG Worldwide named Murphy and Burcin its 2010 Management Team of the Year, and designated Euro RSCG Life as its 2010 Agency of the Year. 

She played a key role in the growth of Euro RSCG Worldwide’s global network, launching the start up of all specialized services (public relations, medical education, interactive, managed care consulting and sales training), as well as overseeing and integrating the major acquisitions. 

Murphy earned a bachelor’s in business administration from Pace University in New York, and is a member of HBA (Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association). 

Murphy’s Irish roots can be traced back to Co. Roscommon on her mother’s side. She and her family — husband Jim, a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and children Taryn and Jimmy — travel to Ireland every two years. The family also has two English Springer spaniels, Kerry and Mulligan. 

“As a female executive competing in the business world, I’m also reminded of the subtle parallels with the some elements of the Irish experience. The challenges of succeeding as a woman in business and the lengthy but rewarding struggle to be recognized for one’s achievements are not unlike the early discrimination against the Irish and their perseverance to gain full acceptance and recognition for their significant achievements,” Murphy says. “Just as the Irish dreamed of making a better life for themselves and their children, I feel a sense of duty, and gratitude, to be able to give of my experience to help another generation of women executives reach their goals.”

 

 

 

 

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