Susan Murray BJ is now a strategist at the International Development Research Centre. She was also a political communications director and formerly a Canadian broadcast journalist. She graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University. Her home community is Ottawa, Ontario.
After a career at CBC, she became communications director for Scott Brison in August 2004. Brison was a cabinet minister in the federal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin.
On January 11, 2006, a microphone caught Murray mumbling "That's Bullshit!" at Brad Lavigne of the NDP on live television after he commented that the Liberals were running on 12 years of broken promises.