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BRENDAN MURPHY
Profile
My goal is to utilize my executive, fiscal, and
government affairs experience to become part of a
challenging and dynamic organization. I would
like to help an organization strategically grow and accomplish our mission.
Work experience
Owner/Consultant 07/2017 – present
Brendan Murphy Consulting, Folsom, United
States
I use my 20-years of experience in government to
help enact policy changes and enable better
government planning as a consultant. I have
helped governments better prepare themselves for
disaster and helped businesses, governments, and
non-profits strategize to deal with each other and enact policy reforms. I have worked on
government relation strategies and policy changes
for businesses, non-profits, and governments. I
have used public affairs, lobbying, and grassroots campaigns to help policy changes get enacted for
my clients. Additionally, I have prepared
emergency preparedness and homeland security
plans for local governments, while ensuring that
those plans allowed the jurisdictions to maximize
their grant funding.
Government Relations
Manager
02/2018 – 12/2019
Weedmaps, Sacramento, United States
I was responsible for all government relations
activities across California with a focus on State government relations for Weedmaps. At
Weedmaps, I created lasting relationships with
State and local Legislators across California. I was responsible for political giving and participating in fundraisers for legislators, maintaining effective relationships to influence legislation, and publicly testifying on behalf of Weedmaps priorities both in support and opposition to legislation and the state budget. Additionally, I was responsible for
planning the California legislative strategy for
Weedmaps. This strategy encompassed local
elections, state elections and statewide
campaigns. In a short amount of time, I have
cultivated significant relationships with legislators
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and staff to advance the priorities and positions of Weedmaps.
Assistant Program
Budget Manager
09/2017 – 02/2018
California Department of Finance, Sacramento,
United States
I helped state government departments to more
efficiently and effectively manage their resources. I led a process known as mission-based reviews to
ensure that departments are using their resources
in the most efficient manner to meet their
missions. This review process entails leading a
team of expert department employees through a
matrix review to ensure that every unit and
employee in a program or department are working
in a manner that furthers the program and
department's mission. This process entails using
field work and interviews, statistical analysis, and proven management techniques to ensure the
executive management of a department has the
tools necessary to maximize their efficiency and
meet their goals.
Assistant Program
Budget Manager
07/2014 – 07/2017
California Department of Finance, Sacramento,
United States
I manage the unit which oversees the Governor’s
Budget for the California Courts, multiple
constitutional offices, many public safety
departments, and the general government section
of the budget. My responsibilities include
managing relationships and negotiating details of
the Governor’s Budget with legislative staff,
elected officials, the Governor’s Office,
departmental representatives, lobbyists, Native
American Tribal representatives, and
constitutional officers.
I am responsible for defending the Governor’s
Budget in Legislative Hearings. I am also
responsible for analyzing and approving
approximately 400 bill analyses a year. This
requires consistent interaction with legislative
staff, the Governor’s Office, lobbyists, and
concerned members of the public.
Work experience
My time at DOF allowed me to work on my small
group dynamics as I had the chance to manage
three managers and 10 staff. This allowed me to
have more personal interaction and a greater role
in day-to-day management while I was building
and leading the team.
Assistant
Secretary/Deputy Director
of Finance and
Administration
02/2012 – 06/2014
California Office of Emergency Services,
Sacramento, United States
I was responsible for day-to-day oversight of
Human Resources, Budgets, and Accounting. I
ensured compliance with all of the state laws,
rules and regulations related to these functions for a 950-person public safety agency. I coordinated
the grant programs at OES, this includes
disbursement of over $500 million in grants every
fiscal year and over $1 billion in payments
annually. I liaised with over 100 local agencies and hundreds of non-profits related to OES' grant
programs. I testified before the State Legislature and Congress on behalf of the Agency. I
collaborated with our Legislative Unit on all
proposals and Bills of interest in the Agency.
At OES, I was in charge of the State Administering Agency for the Emergency Management
Performance Grant and the Homeland Security
Grant Programs from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency; the Victims of Crime Act
and Violence Against Women Act at the United
States Department of Justice; and the Bureau of
Justice Assistance grants from the United States
Department of Justice. These tasks required me to
regularly work with all levels of the federal
government, local governments, and non-profit
organizations.
Acting Undersecretary 01/2011 – 02/2012
California Emergency Management Agency,
Sacramento, United States
I oversaw the day-to-day operations of a 700-
person emergency management and homeland
security agency. I was the final approval for all; external and internal communications, legislative
and congressional relations, budget
implementation, mutual aid approvals, emergency
management assistance compact approvals, and
acting on behalf of the Secretary when necessary.
I was responsible for all of the department’s
response operations (fire and law mutual aid),
regional operations (emergency management),
technology operations division (information
technology and statewide communications
platform), training and exercises, recovery
operations, grant administration, statewide
critical infrastructure protection, statewide
planning, and departmental administration.
Director of Grants
Management
02/2009 – 01/2011
California Emergency Management Agency,
Sacramento, United States
As the Director I was responsible for coordinating
Work experience
the disbursement of over $500 million in grants
every fiscal year and over $1 billion in payments
annually. The Grants Management Unit controls
over $3.5 billion in total grants. We have over $2.0 billion in Federal funding and $1.5 billion in State bond funding. In this capacity I was challenged to bring together three disparate grant units from
two separate agencies and make them one
functioning coordinated grant unit for CalEMA.
Deputy Director of
Administration and
Grants Management
10/2006 – 02/2009
Governor's Office of Homeland Security,
Sacramento, United States
As the Deputy Director I was responsible for the
management of over $1.5 billion in federal
homeland security grant funds and $1.1 billion in
State bond funds. This management included
everything from setting the policies associated
with the grants thru managing the units that have
direct oversight for the administration and
monitoring of the grants. I was responsible for
coordinating the disbursement of over $500
million in grants every fiscal year and over $1
billion in payments annually.
I established the Administration Unit at OHS. This unit handles all of the information technology,
accounting, personnel, purchasing,
supplies/logistics, contracting, and budgetary
issues for all of the Office of Homeland Security. Assistant Deputy Director
of Grants Management
02/2005 – 09/2006
Governor's Office of Homeland Security,
Sacramento, United States
As the Assistant Deputy Director I was responsible for establishing a Grants Management Unit at the
OHS. I was in charge of the process that built the Grants unit from an office of 1 (me) into an office of 21. I was responsible for the day-to-day
management of over $1 billion in federal
homeland security grant funds. This management
included everything from setting the policies
associated with the grants thru managing the
units that have direct oversight for the
administration and monitoring of the grants.
Finance Budget Analyst 09/2002 – 02/2005
California Department of Finance, Sacramento,
United States
As a Finance Budget Analyst I had the
responsibility for reviewing, preparing and
approving 14 Departmental budgets for inclusion
into the Governor’s Budget.
Education
Counter-terrorism 07/2007 – 07/2007
University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
United States
I received a certificate in Counter-terrorism from the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of
Terrorism Events at the University of Southern
Education
California.
English 08/1998 – 05/2000
California State University, Sacramento,
Sacramento, United States
I graduated with my BA in English
Transfer Studies 08/1995 – 05/1997
Southwestern Community College, Chula Vista,
United States
Skills
Languages
Spanish
Management
Coaching
Management
Human Resources
Strategic Management
Communication
Written
Public Speaking
Social Media
Government
Policy
Legislation
Advocacy
Finance
Budget
Accounting
Project Management
Hobbies
Sports
Concerts
Family events
M
Reading
Introduction Letter
My varied and numerous professional experiences
have helped build the skills that would suit and
exceed your expectations for success in this
position. Currently I am a Government Relations
Consultant, I have worked with businesses, non-
profits, and local governments to provide public
affairs strategies and government planning.
Recently, I have worked with Weedmaps a
technology and media company in the cannabis
business space. In this capacity I managed the
daily interactions with state legislators, staff, the Administration, local governments, and
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coordinated a public affairs strategy across
California to advance company priorities that seek to grow the cannabis industry.
In my past capacities at the California Department of Finance, the Governor’s Office of Homeland
Security, the California Emergency Management
Agency, and the California Office of Emergency
Services, I was responsible for such varied
activities as: creating, defending, supporting and implementing the Governor’s Budget; I have had
to work with and convince legislative staff,
constitutional officers, the Governor’s Office,
lobbyists and concerned citizens to approve the
Governor’s Budget; I ran the California Emergency
Management Agency department day-to-day and
all statewide emergency management issues; the
administrative function of a 1,000 position
department including budgets, accounting,
business services and human resources; I was also
responsible for the management and receipt of
federal homeland security, criminal justice, and
disaster assistance grants. Through all of my
various positions at these departments, I had the
administrative oversight for billions of dollars in federal and state funding. I held responsibility for multiple statewide grant programs including
homeland security grants, which required me to
maintain relationships with all 58 counties and all major urban areas. These relationships allowed
me to run effective and highly regarded statewide
grant programs. In addition, we could leverage
these relationships in our response to major
disasters.
When I was appointed as the Assistant Secretary
of Finance and Administration at the California
Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA), I was
responsible for managing all departmental
administration functions and a Grants Office with
over $2.0 billion in federal funding, $1.5 billion in bond and other state funds and thousands of
recipients. During my career in government I have
worked with and advised the Governor of
California, Secretaries of agencies, and legislators on all manners of policy, budget, and
communications issues. I have recommended
meetings, completed briefing papers for the
Governor and leaders of the Assembly and Senate,
and set daily agendas for Secretaries of agencies
and the units that I managed. I have been asked
for recommendations on international, national,
and statewide public safety issues. In this capacity I had to assess the criticality of meetings and
communicate effectively to establish focus and the setting of priorities that allowed the goals of the State and my agency to be accomplished. I have
been privileged to be trusted to make
recommendations and control the policy and
communication issues for homeland security,
criminal justice, and public safety issues across the State. I have intense experience communicating
both orally and in writing with the entire State of California, from the Governor’s office to grantees and press liaisons. I have experience speaking in
public in roundtable discussions, workshops, and
testimony in front of the Legislature and other
Commissions on behalf of the office. I have
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represented the State before federal, state and
local government representatives. I have
coordinated across multiple departments in the
agency regarding our budget, grants, and the
overall existence of the agency; I have worked with both the California Assembly Speaker’s Office and
the California Senate President Pro Tempore’s
Office relating to major issues that affect the
State.
I was entrusted to be the Acting Undersecretary for the California Emergency Management Agency
during the first year of Governor Jerry Brown’s
Administration. As the Acting Undersecretary I
oversaw the day-to-day operations of a 700-person
emergency management and homeland security
agency. At Cal EMA, the proverbial buck stopped
with me. I was the final approval for all; external and internal communications, legislative and
congressional relations, budget implementation,
mutual aid approvals, emergency management
assistance compact approvals, and acting on
behalf of the Secretary when necessary. I was
responsible for all of the department’s response
operations (fire and law mutual aid), regional
operations (emergency management), technology
operations division (information technology and
statewide communications platform), training and
exercises, recovery operations, grant
administration, statewide critical infrastructure
protection, statewide planning, and departmental
administration. I was responsible for all facilities related issues for the department day-to-day and
all facilities related issues during emergency
response operations across the State. This
included setting up evacuation shelters, local
assistance centers and emergency operations
command posts. The Secretary and I were
responsible for reporting to the Governor’s Office, on all personnel, procurement, contracting, and
financial aspects of a 700-person agency with an
annual budget over $900 million. As the Acting
Undersecretary, I was one of a few State executives charged with ensuring the operation of the State
Fusion Center and ensuring relevant information
is analyzed and shared for use by law enforcement
across the State. I have testified before Congress, the California Legislature, and local government
on emergency management and homeland
security issues on behalf of Cal EMA.
My experiences have given me the needed and
required experience to make a valued contribution
to any business, but more importantly these
experiences have given me the ability to perform
the duties in your position description. In
addition to my technical and governmental
experiences, I have ample experience managing
staff and clients. I would be eager to meet and
discuss this position with you further.
Sincerely,
Brendan A. Murphy
Assistant Program Budget Manager
References
Michael Cohen
California Public Employees Retirement System,
Chief Financial Officer
George Miller
Lang, Hansen, O'malley and Miller, 916-***-****
Lobbyist
Mike Dayton
Assembly Committee on Governmental
Organization, 916-***-****
Consultant
Erroll Southers
University of Southern California, CREATE,
Director
Brian Keith
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, (213)369-
4932
Protective Security Advisor
Zlatko Theodorovic
California Judicial Council, 916-***-****
Chief Financial Officer
Gary Winuk
Kaufman Legal Group, 916-***-****
Attorney
Gina Rodriquez
KPMG LLP, 916-***-****
Director, State and Local Tax Practice
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