Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Damian Murphy has more than 25 years of international affairs experience as a leader, chief policy advisor, program director, researcher, and political party trainer. As the Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, he is at the forefront of foreign affairs and national security legislative and oversight efforts in Congress. Prior to Capitol Hill, he worked for more than a decade to advance democracy and human rights at the National Democratic Institute, Freedom House and the Center for Democracy where he trained political activists and human rights defenders throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He has managed offices with up to fifty staff and multi-million dollar budgets. CQ Magazine highlighted Murphy’s work on SFRC in its “18 People to Watch in 2018” issue.