ann murray

Anne Murray’s use of humor to teach people how to understand themselves and each other sets her apart from other facilitators. Using the Myer Briggs type Indicator, she leads teambuilding and leadership retreats nationally. She teaches team members that all of us are irresistible to some, and yet, obnoxious to others.

Anne coaches leaders who are technically brilliant, but interpersonally oblivious, to be more effective by improving their “people” skills. She is paid to teach grown people to act nice.

She delivers keynotes and special sessions for national, regional, and state associations; where she is lauded for her depth of knowledge and humorous delivery.

Anne has presented convention keynotes and programs in 32 states and two provinces of Canada.

Degrees

  • BA Psychology
  • MA Counseling
  • MA Speech Communication

Previous Employment

  • Social work in Louisville KY
  • WKU
    • Teaching under the WKU banner
    • Dean of Women
    • Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs for Enrollment Management
    • Director of the Presidents Club
    • Major Gifts Officer at Western KY University

Areas of Specialty

  • Psychological Type
  • Temperament Type
  • Teambuilding
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Relationships
  • Motivation

Programs & Services

  • Keynote Speaker
  • Humorist
  • Consultant
  • Seminar Leader

Partial List of Clients

  • Camping World
  • Clemson University
  • Department of Defense (US Army at Ft. Campbell KY, KY National Guard Recruitment and Retention, U.S. Border Patrol Academy, Charleston SC)
  • DuPont
  • Fruit of the Loom
  • Gatorade, Oakland CA
  • Holiday Inn
  • Houchens Food Group
  • Nashville Public Television
  • Purdue University
  • S E Johnson (formerly Johnson and Johnson)
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Tyco
  • University of Kentucky
  • Vanderbilt Law School
  • Western Kentucky University
  • Whirlpool, Columbus Ohio

Honors & Activities

  • Past President, Kentucky Speakers Association
  • Past President, Kentucky Association of Women Deans, Administrators & Counselors
  • Past President, College Personnel Association of Kentucky
  • Past President, Women’s Alliance of Western Kentucky University
  • Woman of the Year, Western Kentucky University Women’s Alliance, 2003-2004
  • Selected as Kentucky Showcase Speaker for National Speakers Association
  • Named Leader on Loan Speaker for the American Association of University Women
  • 1991 Citizen of the Year, Western Kentucky University Student Government Association
  • Past Program Chair, Tennessee Coaches Alliance
  • Member, National Speakers Association
  • Member, Inaugural Class, Leadership Bowling Green, Kentucky
  • Former Chair, Bowling Green Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
  • Former Chair, Development Committee, Orchestra Kentucky Board
  • Listed in Who’s Who of Professional Speaking, Who’s Who in the South & Southwest
  • Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders of America, Who’s Who Among Human Services Professionals, 2000 Notable Women of 2002, & International Who’s Who of Entrepreneurs
  • Named Kentucky Colonel by the Governor
  • Participant in Harvard Law School program, “The Difficult Business Conversation”
  • Participant at multiple conferences of Association of Psychological Type International
  • Presenter on Fund Raising & Gender Differences in Communication for the Council for Advancement & Support of Higher Education
  • Former Columnist for Today’s Woman, published in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Former Columnist for Flair magazine, published in southern Kentucky
  • Former Radio Personality, Wit and Wisdom of Anne Murray

Selected List of Clients

  • Department of Defense (US Army at Ft. Campbell KY, KY National Guard Recruitment and Retention, U.S. Border Patrol Academy, Charleston SC)
  • Florida League of Cities Information Technology Directors annual meeting
  • El Paso Corporation (natural gas pipeline)
  • Kinder Morgan (Energy)
  • TransCanada (natural gas pipeline, hydro power and petroleum) Provided training, executive coaching and leadership development for US Leadership Team and Canadian Leadership Team
  • MODEC Petroleum (Japanese company)
  • Chai Tai Group (Hong Kong company)
  • Gatorade, Oakland CA
  • Whirlpool, Columbus Ohio
  • MVP International (Charleston SC)
  • Mid South Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • Louisville SHRM
  • Nashville SHRM
  • Keynote Resources Speakers Bureau of Santa Barbara, CA
  • Exposures to Excellence Speakers Bureau, Phoenix AZ
  • Republic Speakers Bureau, Nashville TN
  • Program Resources Speakers Bureau, Louisville KY
  • Aon Risk Solutions
  • Bilstein Cold Rolled Steel (German startup in KY)
  • Cagle-Keystone Foods (Atlanta and Chicago)
  • Deloitte & Touche
  • DONAN Engineering
  • Fives Bronx, (France based company located in Canton OH)
  • Williamson-Dickey Global Quality Control Team, Ft Worth Headquarters
  • Houchens Industries, Bowling Green KY and 21 states
  • Houchens Food Group
  • Holiday Inn
  • Rotary Youth Leadership Academy of TN
  • Sumitomo
  • SCA, now Essity
  • Trace Die Cast
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York City)
  • Einstein Department Heads (NYC)
  • Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Department Heads (NYC)
  • Einstein College of Medicine Anesthesiology Department retreat NYC
  • Jewish Hospital Leadership Program, Louisville
  • Lifeline Home Health
  • Marion General Hospital (Ohio)
  • Graves Gilbert Clinic, Bowling Green, KY
  • The Medical Center, Bowling Green, KY
  • National Health Care Corporation
  • Tri-Star Greenview Hospital, Bowling Green KY
  • Taylor Regional Medical Center (KY)
  • Norton Healthcare Systems (Louisville KY)
  • Passport Health Systems (Nashville TN)
  • Quorum Healthcare (Nashville TN)
  • EnableCOMP (Nashville TN hospital financial service company)
  • Lourdes Hospice and Home Health Care staff (Paducah KY)
  • Urgent Care (KY)
  • Commonwealth Health Corporation (KY)
  • Kentucky Home Health Association (seven state conferences)
  • KY Association of Practitioners in Infection Control
  • KY Association of Critical Care Nurses
  • Kentucky Association for Gerontology
  • Kentucky Association of Realtors Leadership Retreat (multiple years)
  • Kentucky Association of School Administrators
  • National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
  • Kentucky School Boards Association
  • Kentucky Auctioneers annual meeting
  • MarkNet online auction company
  • Kimberly Clark
  • Kentucky Credit Union League
  • Kentucky Division of Social Services
  • Kentucky Industrial Development Council
  • Kentucky Recreation and Parks Society
  • A Arnold World Class Relocation (Atlas Van Lines)
  • American Bank & Trust
  • National City Bank
  • Franklin Bank & Trust
  • Taylor County Bank, Campbellsville, KY
  • Leadership Strategies
  • Louisville young Professionals Forum
  • Lyons Mechanical Contractors
  • Morris and Fellows Atlanta
  • Nashville Bar Association
  • National Air Filtration Association national convention
  • American Association of laboratory Animal Sciences hosted by M D Anderson; (researchers/physicians from Asia, Canada, Europe, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX; Kettlewell Eye Institute, San Francisco; Princeton; Johns Hopkins; NYC University
  • Southern Governors Conference breakout at convention
  • Alex Castellanos (CNN) Washington DC Communication Showcase
  • American Association of State Colleges of Agriculture and renewable Resources
  • National Association of  Medical Assistants national convention
  • Tennessee Association of City Managers
  • Tennessee Association of Municipal Clerks and Recorders (3x)
  • Tennessee Public Risk Management Association
  • Kentucky Association of Municipal Clerks (5 times)
  • Kentucky Farm Bureau
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Clarksville TN Parks and Recreation Leadership Team
  • Clarksville TN Public Libraries
  • Community Action of Southern Kentucky
  • Southern KY Technical College
  • Eyeconic TV
  • Indiana Affordable Housing Conference
  • Housing and Urban Development Management Conference
  • Kissimmee Utility Authority (Florida)
  • Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives
  • Tyco
  • Camping World
  • Arctic Slope, Anchorage AK
  • Pan American Electrical Contractors
  • Southern Natural Gas
  • ANR Pipeline
  • Tennessee Gas Pipeline
  • Nyrstar (Clarksville TN zinc company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium)
  • General Federation of Women’s Clubs national convention
  • American Association of University Women national convention
  • Clemson University
  • Illinois College
  • Purdue University
  • Vanderbilt Law School
  • University of Kentucky
  • Western Kentucky University
  • Nashville Public Television
  • Toyota Program for Women in Kentucky (multiple years)
  • Association of College Honor Societies national convention
  • American College Personnel Association convention
  • Kentucky Association for Counseling and Development 3 conventions
  • Baird, Kurtz, and Dobson
  • Carolina Power and Light
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • DuPont
  • Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
  • International Association of Non-Wovens (Glaxco, Inc)
  • Fruit of the Loom
  • S E Johnson (formerly Johnson and Johnson)
  • Ursuline Society of North America national convention
  • Housing and Urban Development regional convention
  • King Realty, Gadsden AL
  • KY Association of Realtors Leadership Class (6x)
  • U S Attorney’s Office staff retreat, Lexington KY
  • Chambers of Commerce including Louisville, Nashville, Gatlinburg, Clarksville, TN,  Princeton VA and WV, Bowling Green, Owensboro Athena awards speaker, Ohio County, Edmonson County, Barren County, Taylor County
  • Business Travel Association (Nashville, Tennessee; Connecticut/Westchester County and NYC (sponsored by JetBlue); Cleveland OH and Columbus OH)
  • Chambers of Commerce Leadership programs opening retreat for 22 communities
  • Communities of the Future national convention
  • National Association of Sales Professionals (Nashville and Louisville)
  • Southern KY SHRM, Mid South SHRM (Society for Human Resource Mgmnt)
  • Bowling Green KY Municipal Utilities Water Teams (all divisions)