Mollie Murphy

Mollie Murphy is the President of Applied Self-Direction. Mollie has nationally recognized expertise in Financial Management Services (FMS) in self-direction. With over thirteen years’ experience in FMS, Mollie has assisted state and federal agencies to design and implement self-direction programs with high performing and compliant FMS. Mollie has led FMS Technical Assistance at the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS) at Boston College since 2008 and has designed and carried out the only national FMS Conference since 2009.  She has worked with states to develop FMS programs from their inception and to improve services and processes in existing FMS programs.  Mollie serves on an interagency workgroup with the Internal Revenue Service to support tax policy development for United States FMS providers. Mollie is regularly a presenter at national conferences and has authored several issue briefs for the SCAN Foundation and others.  Ms. Murphy started and continues to lead the NRCPDS FMS Membership organization that is now within Applied Self-Direction.  Applied Self-Direction also provides Membership services to state programs offering self-direction. Ms. Murphy is a Junior Fellow with the Annenburg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s National Academy of Political and Social Science and graduated summa cum laude with Highest Honors in Economics from Clark University.