Mr. Richlue O. Burphy

Mr. Richlue O. Burphy is the Director of Administration and Management who has accumulated years of experience in the professional cycle.

Mr. Burphy is one of Liberia’s most prominent communication specialist and Land right expertwith vast knowledge in administration and management. He has worked with several leading International NGOs including Plan International, Education Development Center, MercyCorps, Tetra Tech and ECODIT, providing his expertise on wide range of issues.

Burphy is a Liberian with a flair for creativity, hardwork and determination. He’s a passionate Liberian who strongly believes that Liberia can work for every Liberian.

Due to the conflict in Liberia, Burphy fled to Ghana along with his family where he continued his primary education in 1990. Burphy did not allow life as a refuge to quench his ambition of acquiring education. He earned his High school Diploma from the Buduburam Refugee Community School in Ghana. With his desire to prepare himself to contribute towards nation building when he returns to Liberia after the war, he obtained several papers including a BA Degree from the University of Ghana through the Ghana Institute of Journalism. He is currently a student at the Louis Arthur School of law. He has earned lots of professional papers through training and workshop. He has a certificate in Public Financial Management from the IMF, online certificate in Contract Law from Harvard University and lots of other professional papers.

Mr. Burphy has lots of experience working with local and international NGOs. He lately served at ECODIT as Community Land Tenure Specialist. Previously, Burphy served as Community Engagement Specialist at Tetra Tech, Digital Outreach and Communications Manager at MercyCorps, Communications and Media Manager at Plan International, Program Support Manager at ForumCiv and Project Communications Coordinator at Education Development Center.

In all these roles, Burphy provided strategic leadership and managerial oversight in all these organizations where he worked.  And over the years, he has accumulated skills in managing people, project implementation and supervision as well as leadership.

Burphy is a humanitarian with a passion for children and youth development. He is the founder of Smile With the Future; a village outreach and charity initiative that supplies educational materials and food supplies to children and marginalized people in rural communities across Liberia.