Virginia (Ginger) Murphy, Associate Chief

Updated 10/26/2009

Ginger Murphy was named Associate Chief for NRCS in June 2009. Ginger began her career with NRCS as a Soil Conservationist in Nassau County, New York. She has served the agency as District Conservationist, Liaison to the Environmental Protection Agency, Resource Conservationist in New York, and State Conservationist in Maryland and Delaware.

At NRCS’ National Headquarters, Ginger has served as Management Analyst, Acting Staff Leader for the Farmland Protection and Community Planning Staff, Associate Deputy Chief for Science and Technology, and Regional Assistant Chief of the West.

She spent 15 months working in the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein as Legislative Assistant for Agriculture during the writing of the 2008 Farm Bill.

Ginger holds a Bachelor of Science in Ornamental Horticulture from The Pennsylvania State University, and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan. Her areas of expertise are landscape planning and design, landscape ecology, and resource assessment. Her passions are art and design.

Ginger is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Soil and Water Conservation Society, and lives in Annapolis, Maryland.
 

High resolution photo of Associate Chief Ginger Murphy.