Louisa W. Murphy

Louisa is a Principal at 1919 Investment Counsel. In her role as a Business Development Officer, Louisa works with individuals, families, foundations, and endowments, delivering comprehensive investment counsel. Her primary focus is developing new client relationships, working with prospective clients to understand their unique goals, and building the right client team around them.

Outside of the office, Louisa is President of the Eudowood Foundation – a support organization to Johns Hopkins, as well as a member of the Board and Head of Zoning Committee for the Bellona-Gittings Community Association. She previously served as a member of the Boards for SPCA of Maryland, Boy Scouts of America – Baltimore Area Regional Council, and Maryland Art Place and the Elkridge Club.

Louisa is a veteran of the investment industry, having started her career at T. Rowe Price in 1989. She then moved to Alex Brown’s Restricted Securities Trading Desk and, after attending business school, was an Investment Banker at Ferris Baker Watts and Legg Mason. Louisa subsequently served as a Director of Institutional Equity Sales at Legg Mason and as Managing Director in Institutional Equity Sales at Stifel. Most recently, Louisa was a Managing Director at Rosenblatt Securities.

In her spare time, Louisa enjoys spending time with her family.

Louisa received her B.A. in Russian Language & Soviet Studies from Hobart & William Smith Colleges, as well as an M.B.A., with a concentration in Finance, from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.