EP60 Tim McMurtry, II Your Leadership Legacy

Tim is a dynamic, personal development coach, business consultant and trainer, communications and public relations expert, thought leader and author whose influence spans multiple arenas. Drawing from a combined 25 years of private sector, public sector, non-profit, faith-based, workforce development, personal development and entrepreneurial experience, Tim is familiar with and effective at developing and implementing integrated outreach and personal development strategies that lead to results-oriented outcomes.

A true leader by many standards, and trusted advisor, Tim currently serves as Communications, Community Relations and Marketing Manager at Employ Milwaukee, the local workforce development board serving Milwaukee County. Employ Milwaukee convenes leaders from the business, economic and workforce development, education and government sectors to develop workforce solutions that promote regional economic growth and employment for all job seekers. Tim's first book, Morning Timspiration, Daily Devotion for the Workplace & Entrepreneurs: Volume 1, Edition 2, is based on his inspirational vlog, 'Morning Timspiration.
Tim is also the Founder and President of Tim McMurtry International, LLC a business consultancy specializing in personal development coaching and training, government affairs, multicultural outreach, business-to-business marketing and community and corporate relations. While working with a leading Milwaukee public affairs firm as an Account Executive, Tim developed and coordinated multi-tiered communications plans for issue and special interest advocacy and helped secure over $15 million in tax-incremental financing (TIF) and related municipal funding for clients including Major League Baseball Milwaukee Brewers, AT&T, Walgreens, The Mandel Group (real estate), Barrett Lo Visionary Development and the National Trust for Historic Preservation among others.

Previously, Tim served as Director of the Milwaukee Area Workforce Funding Alliance, a coalition of private and public funders who align resources for workforce development improvement in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin, and is an affiliate organization of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. In that role, Tim spearheaded employer and partner engagement, fund development and grant-making, strategic planning, administrative oversight and operations management for the organization.
In addition, Tim is a former chief of staff to a City of Milwaukee Common Council President, serves as Associate Pastor at a local church (World Outreach Center) in Milwaukee, WI, serves as Wisconsin State Director of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the largest grass-roots, pro-Israel advocacy group in America with nearly 10 million members nationwide, sits on a number of civic Boards of Directors and was a community blogger (The Skinny) for the state of Wisconsin’s largest newspaper, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Tim received his BA in Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and resides in Milwaukee, WI with his wife, Cheryl, and two children.