Meghan Murphy

Meghan Murphy joined the X PRIZE in 2008, bringing more than ten years of experience in business development, fundraising and financial and strategic market analysis. As Director of Alliances, Ms. Murphy is responsible for identifying new opportunities and partnerships for the Foundation and serves as the liaison for other non-profit organizations, corporations, Foundation partners and the Board of Trustees and Vision Circle.
Previously, Ms. Murphy worked in business development for Yahoo! Search Marketing and spent four years on Wall Street as an Equity Research Analyst covering Major Chemicals and Industrial Gas companies for Salomon Smith Barney. Most recently, she served as a Senior Marketing Manager at ServiceSource, Inc., a technology services firm in San Francisco, where she was active in corporate positioning and messaging, market strategy, sales team enablement and demand generation activities.
Ms. Murphy earned a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University, and a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School of Management at University of California, Los Angeles. While at Princeton, she won two NCAA Division 1 Squash Championships. At the Anderson School of Management at University of California, Los Angeles, Ms. Murphy was active in fundraising and supporting development programs for alumni around the world.


