UNCF Senior VP Recognized by Washingtonian Magazine for the 4th Year Running
2024年5月10日 - 11:00PM
UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is proud to announce that its
Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Government Affairs,
Lodriguez Murray, is included on the Washingtonian Magazine’s
listing of “Washington, DC’s Most Influential People of 2024.”
The magazine states that the “selection process isn’t easy.”
Factors include “deep subject-matter expertise and significant
understanding of how the nation’s capital works, with the goal of
getting action and understanding the nuances and complexities of a
particular issue area.” Murray is honored and inspired to be
included.
“Lodriguez is a valued member of the UNCF team,” said Dr.
Michael L. Lomax, president and CEO, UNCF. “I am proud of the
work he does every day on behalf of the historically Black colleges
and universities (HBCUs) that comprise our member
institutions. As a former UNCF scholar when he was an
undergraduate, I am delighted to be part of this full circle moment
where I have the opportunity to work alongside him daily as an
executive in this organization.”
“I have the pleasure to work on behalf of HBCUs and the students
they serve,” Murray said. “UNCF is not a job for
me. It is a calling. I accept it and welcome
the responsibility to ensure HBCUs receive a much more equitable
share of the resources they have long deserved.
I thank every Member of Congress, administration policy
and decision maker, HBCU president and UNCF team member who makes
this important work possible on a daily basis.”
This is Murray’s fourth straight year to be included on
the Washingtonian’s list, which can be found
here. Other luminaries on this year’s list include
former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Education Trust CEO
Denise Forte, and National Education Association President Becky
Pringle.
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About UNCF UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is the
nation’s largest and most effective minority
education organization. To serve youth, the community and the
nation, UNCF supports students’ education and development through
scholarships and other programs, supports and strengthens its 37
member colleges and universities, and advocates for the importance
of minority education and college readiness. While totaling only 3%
of all colleges and universities, UNCF institutions and other
historically Black colleges and universities are highly effective,
awarding 15% of bachelor’s degrees, 5% of master’s degrees, 10% of
doctoral degrees and 19% of all STEM degrees earned by Black
students in higher education. UNCF administers more than
400 programs, including scholarship, internship and fellowship,
mentoring, summer enrichment, and curriculum and faculty
development programs. Today, UNCF supports more than 50,000
students at over 1,100 colleges and universities across the
country. Its logo features the UNCF torch of leadership in
education and its widely recognized trademark, ‟A mind is a
terrible thing to waste.”® Learn more at UNCF.org or
for continuous updates and news, follow UNCF on X (formerly
Twitter) at @UNCF.
- Lodriguez Murray, SVP, Public and Government Affairs, UNCF
Roy Betts
UNCF
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roy.betts@uncf.org