Melissa Bishop-Murphy

About Melissa Bishop-Murphy

Twenty-eight years of management experience and twenty-five years of government relations/public affairs and alliance development experience on the state and federal levels. Seasoned leader, excellent communicator, experienced government regulator and chief counsel, managed people and projects with demonstrated success in productivity and performance improvement.

Experience

1. Senior Director

   辉瑞

   Nov 2008 — Present · US

   Lobby State legislatures (Southeast region), U.S. Congress, Governors, state and federal agencies, to include developing, coordinating and executing legislative and public affairs strategies.• Skill at establishing operational excellence within culturally diverse environments, translating conceptual models into specific growth strategies, and planning/executing multi-faceted business development campaigns designed to improve market share, gross revenue and company reputation.• Develop relationships with advocates, senior-level appointed and elected government officials, non-profit organizations and trade associations to maintain their awareness of proposals and legislative matters that may affect Pfizer, Inc. • Provide strategic vision, leadership and counsel to Vice Presidents of Federal and State Government relations and assist the leadership team to ensure overall coordination of multicultural activities.• Identify business opportunities, to include earned media, for Pfizer’s regional business unit leaders to leverage strategies to drive Regional Business Units’ goals and objectives. • Lead Pfizer’s ongoing efforts to champion an inclusive programming strategy for government relations and public affairs nationally.• Represent Pfizer at key national meetings, including speaking roles.• Identify business opportunities for Pfizer’s regional business unit leaders to leverage strategies to drive Regional Business Units’ goals and objectives. • Co-created and lead the Pfizer Multicultural Center of Excellence to raise the level of multicultural competency and engagement at Pfizer by building strong partnerships with multicultural organizations. Connect Pfizer’s enterprise to multicultural organizations to partner on initiatives which may eliminate health disparities in the US. • Supervise department staff as determined by VPs of Government Relations and Public Affairs.• Manage budget and leverage company resources to advance Pfizer’s business objectives.

Education

• Georgetown Law

  Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law

  1989 — 1992

• University of Georgia - Terry College of Business

  MBA, Business

  2007 — 2010

• Stillman College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English

  1986 — 1989

Skills

• Health Policy
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Public Policy
• Nonprofits
• Training
• Public Speaking
• Strategic Planning
• Legal Compliance
• Healthcare
• Business Development
• Medicaid
• Non-Profits
• Proposal Writing
• Executive Management
• Biotechnology
• Regulatory Affairs
• Program Management
• Managed Care
• Policy
• Strategic Communications
• Contract Negotiation
• Lobbying