Judy Neel Murphy, the former head of two Chicago-area associations who once served as president of the Chicago Society of Association Executives, died Dec. 23. She was 83. Murphy was a veteran executive director of The American Society of Safety Engineers, serving there from 1980 to 1998. During her tenure, the group doubled its annual budget from $1.5 to $3 million. She was the first female executive to lead the group. “We are very saddened by the loss of Judy, who spearheaded not only major growth for our safety society for 18 years, but an increase in awareness of the importance of being safe at work,” ASSE President C. Christopher Patton said in a statement. After… Read More