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Tuesday, June 02, 2026 11:00am-12:00pm EST Virtual, ON24
Emily W. Murphy is a senior advisor to The Chertoff Group and leading expert in government contracting and the business of government. She contributes to Federal Strategy business development engagements. Murphy has held multiple leadership roles in the federal government, including serving as Administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration. She has also served in senior roles on congressional committees for the U.S. House of Representatives and the Small Business Administration. She is currently a fellow in the School of Business at George Mason University. Murphy served as the GSA Administrator from 2017 to 2021, leading a workforce of more than 11,000 federal employees, and overseeing $75 billion in annual contracts. As Administrator, she increased GSA’s sales by 36%, from $55 billion to $75 billion and saved customer agencies $21.6 billion. A pioneer in digital innovation, Murphy oversaw the merger of the Federal Acquisition Service and Technology Transformation Service and the creation of GSA’s Centers of Excellence. Under her leadership, GSA had the highest customer, vendor and employee satisfaction scores in the history of the agency. Prior to serving as Administrator, Murphy was appointed as GSA’s first Chief Acquisition Officer from 2005 to 2007, where she was responsible for more than $40 billion in acquisition programs. She also served at the U.S. Small Business Administration from 2004 to 2005 as the Senior Advisor for Government Contracting and Business Development and as Acting Associate Administrator for Government Contracting. In addition to her seven years in the Executive Branch, Murphy spent nine years in various procurement policy and leadership roles for the House of Representatives. She served as Counsel and Professional Staff Member to the Committee on Armed Services, negotiating acquisition and industrial base provisions in military public policy. She also held Senior Counsel and Policy Director roles for the Committee on Small Business from 2011-2016, where she directed the legislative and oversight agenda of the Committee and authored over a hundred contracting reform provisions that ultimately became law. Murphy previously worked for the Committee from 1997-2000, focusing on government contracts, disaster lending programs, and telecommunications. In the private sector, Murphy served as General Counsel and Vice President for Operations for TerreStar National Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of TerreStar Networks, which operated integrated satellite and terrestrial telecommunications systems. She practiced as a government contracts attorney with two Washington, DC based firms. Murphy is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and Smith College. She is a member of the Young Presidents Organization, the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and the Chief Executives Organization.
Aaron Roth is a Principal at The Chertoff Group where he leads federal strategy and security. Aaron helps companies identify and mitigate risk, coordinate and plan business operations, and understand federal market dynamics. He uses his extensive leadership experience to steer corporate leaders across a vast array of commercial sectors through security risk management and organic growth planning and decision-making. Aaron also specializes in guiding companies to understand and navigate growth opportunities within the federal government. Previously, Aaron was the Deputy Executive Assistant Administrator for Operations Support at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) where he led TSA’s global strategies, security policy, industry engagement, intelligence and analysis, vetting programs, and requirements and capabilities analysis. He also served as Chief of Staff for the Chief of Operations where he also supported and directed the Offices of Security Operations, Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service. Aaron served as a Captain (O-6) in the U.S. Coast Guard and retired after 24 years of service. In his last assignment, he acted as the Coast Guard Commandant’s strategic advisor where he specialized in emerging strategies and policy issues. Aaron also previously served as the Operations Officer of the Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) – the Coast Guard’s high-risk law enforcement and counter-terrorism unit. While at the MSRT, he served as the Service’s liaison to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Rescue Team. He was also a Commanding Officer of a Patrol Boat and held staff assignments in the Chief of Staff’s office during the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and the Commandant’s Strategic Analysis Directorate.
11:00am - 12:00pm EST
Webinar Discussion with Aaron Roth and Emily Murphy
