William J. Murphy is Administrator of the Risk Management Agency (RMA), U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provides economic protection and risk management tools to America's farmers and ranchers primarily through federally sponsored crop insurance delivered and serviced by private insurance companies. In this capacity, he is also Manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), and a non-voting member of the FCIC Board of Directors.
Murphy has spent over 30 years in the Federal crop insurance community and he brings hands-on expertise and executive management to RMA's lead position. He most recently served as Acting Administrator during the recent transition to the new Administration. Previous to that, he served RMA as the Deputy Administrator for Insurance Services, Director of the Regional Office in Davis California overseeing crop insurance operations in California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii, and Director of the Western Region Compliance Office.
A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University with an emphasis in Agronomy and Farm Management.
