The Corporation of Brown University

Joelle Murchison

Trustee (2020-2026)

Biography

Joelle Murchison, a 1995 Brown graduate, is principal and founder of EMG LLC, a diversity and inclusion strategic consulting practice. She previously served as associate vice president and chief diversity officer at the University of Connecticut (UCONN) and as vice president of enterprise diversity and inclusion at Travelers Insurance. She is also currently an adjunct professor of management at UCONN School of Business and serves as Executive Director of The Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity. Murchison holds an Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education and an M.S. from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. At Brown, Murchison serves as inclusion officer of the Class of 1995 and was a member of the Women's Leadership Council and the Pembroke Center Associates. She is also a founding member of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council and was previously a member of the Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors. Murchison is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated and serves as the President of the Hartford Alumnae Chapter. Joelle is also a member of the board of directors of College Possible.