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Kathleen M. Murphy

Kathleen Murphy joined the Maryland Bankers Association in 1999 as President and CEO and Treasurer of the only professional association representing commercial banks and thrifts in Maryland. The mission of the Maryland Bankers Association is to make Maryland banks stronger and more successful.

With a career spanning state and national banking trade associations, Kathleen served for 13 years as Director of Community Banking for the American Bankers Association in Washington, D.C., as Director of Communications for the Ohio Bankers Association and in the Financial Card Services Division of Bank One, in Columbus.

She earned a bachelor of arts degree from Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, and has completed Executive Education Programs from the Darden Business School of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She is a 2001 graduate of Leadership Maryland. Recent honors include receiving the Daily Record’s Influential Marylander Award in the category of Finance in 2009.

Among many volunteer positions, Kathleen serves on the Executive Committee of the Maryland Coalition for Financial Literacy, as immediate past president of the Maryland Government Relations Association and on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Association of CPAs. Her industry leadership positions with the American Bankers Association include serving as a member of its Board of Directors and as Chairman of the State Bankers Association Division.

An artist and avid sailor, Kathleen and her husband Mike reside in Annapolis.