Colleen Murphy made her career in communications at Time Inc., initially in the public affairs department of HBO for four years, then in the $1 billion book publishing division, where she served as VP of Corp. Communications, ensuring Kurt Vonnegut’s supply of pigs in a blanket at the Celeste Bartos Forum was uninterrupted. In 1998, she relocated to London with her family. A dual US/UK citizen originally from Virginia, she has a BA in English from the University of Richmond and an MBA from New York University. Colleen is a longtime member of the NY Committee of Human Rights Watch.