WHO WE ARE

Mission-driven strategic consulting for equity-driven clients

WHO WE ARE

Rebecca Murphy works as an expert partner with businesses, nonprofits, and policy and public-sector organizations ready to step into the work of building equitable and elevated communities and systems. 

Why clients choose us

RCM Strategic Consulting is a mission-driven consultancy with deep expertise in guiding clients through the hard and transformative work of building equity through community economic development and organizational development. We support clients and collaborators ready to pursue organizational, systemic, and economic change that advances marginalized people and redistributes power for equity.

 

MEET THE FOUNDER

About Rebecca Murphy

Rebecca Murphy is the founder and chief strategist of RCM Strategic Consulting. Before launching her business, Rebecca held senior leadership roles in private- and public-sector organizations with missions focused on economic and community development, real estate, philanthropy, marriage equality, and parks and recreation. 

She was a member of the affiliate faculty at Loyola University Maryland from 2017 to 2020. In 2022, she created the Upper Shore Community Development Partners to address systemic economic inequality throughout Maryland’s Upper Shore region.

Rebecca is a fourth-generation Baltimorean, mother of Hannah and Carter, and bonus mom to Jack and Brooke. She is the daughter of the iconic Bettyjean C. Murphy, Baltimore’s first Black woman developer and now lives in Chestertown, Maryland, with her husband, John, their dogs, Chauncey, Camden, and Sully, and their 20-foot Bayliner, Bettyjean.

 
 

Credentials & Honors

  • A Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant 

  • Completed the Undoing Racism® program of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

  • Graduate of Occidental College and the Coro Foundation Fellows Program in Public Affairs

Staff

  • Rebecca Murphy

    FOUNDER & CHIEF STRATEGIST

    Rebecca brings our clients 30+ years of experience in government, community development, nonprofits, and philanthropy

  • Demi Mohamed

    ASSISTANT

    Demi supports Rebecca and the entire team in meeting client needs from onboarding to ongoing communications

  • Sully

    CHIEF CANINE OFFICER

    An intelligent and affectionate team player, Sully alerts Rebecca when meetings have gone on too long and when it’s time to take a play break

Partner Consultants

  • Eric Polite II, CDE

    PERFORMANCE COACH

    A human performance expert and coach focused on transforming people, teams, and organizations

  • David Hill

    LEGAL & CONSULTING SERVICES

    President of D.Hill Professional Services, LLC. David supports our work with legal and consulting services for small businesses, nonprofits, and individual clients

  • Rosalind Spigel

    NON-PROFIT EXPERTISE

    A former nonprofit executive director, Rosalind brings to our client projects 30 years of experience working in and with mission-driven organizations

  • Loryn Wilson Carter

    CHIEF STORYTELLER

    CEO and Chief Storyteller of Jefferson Park Consulting, Loryn is a PR and social media strategist and author of Win the Internet: an Updated Guide to Social Media Best Practices

Clients & Collaborators

Every successful project calls upon the strong relationships we have with our network of partners and clients.

 

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