Patrick Murphy joined First Nations in September 2023 as Administrative Assistant in the New Mexico office. Prior to that, he was employed as the Central New Mexico Community College, Rio Rancho campus director, and Student Success technician. He served several programs like the Lineworkers, EMT, and Nursing programs. He logged nearly 24,000 engagements helping prospective and returning students with admissions, enrollment, and course registration choices.
Murphy has over three decades of marketing, business, and tribal service experience to tap into. He worked for hundreds of Alaska Native villages and treaty tribes in risk management, allowing him to assist claims adjusters documenting ravaged communities after the California fires, Hurricane Katrina, and other devastating natural, destructive forces. He saw tribal communities come together and never lose their sense of humor.
When not working, he is a cinephile and an audiophile. His father and maternal and paternal uncles established the first Country & Western band on the Navajo Nation so it wasn’t odd for the late country singers, George Jones and Waylon Jennings, to drop by his house in Window Rock, Arizona. He was happy to catch country acts live such as Glen Campbell, Dwight Yoakam, George Strait, and Waylon Jennings. He enjoys traveling with his wife, step-daughter, Boston Terrier, French Bulldog and c Chihuahua in his 10-year-old Outlander Sport, at times covering over 4,500 miles in a few weeks.