Brenda Murray is a retired Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Securities and Exchange Commission. She is also a former president of the National Association of Women Judges. She founded, and for years administered, the renowned book and writing club at MCIW. She was also a founding member of the MCIW College Degree Program, serving on the board along with others who are now involved with PREPARE, namely Maryjoel Davis, Brenda Shell-Eleazer, Dawna Cobb and Elizabeth Finne.