Senior Advisor and former President and Chief Executive Officer, Schurz Communications, Inc. (communications, broadband and cloud services)
- -34 years of financial experience, including 15 years as President and Chief Executive Officer and 3 years as President and Chief Operating Officer of Schurz Communications, Inc. (SCI), a diversified, privately-owned communications company, with six broadband companies and managed cloud services companies. SCI has a presence in 13 states, including Indiana and Michigan, as well as Great Britain and Romania. Prior to joining SCI, Mr. Schurz was President and Editor of Associated Desert Shoppers in Palm Desert, California from 1991 to 1995. From 1995 to 2000, he was President, Editor and Publisher of the South Bend Tribune. He then served as SCI’s Vice President of Technology from 2000 to 2005 and as President and General Manager of WSBT Television from 2002 to 2005 before becoming President and Chief Operating Officer of SCI in 2005. He currently serves as the Chair of SCI’s Board.
- -Serves as an independent director of Herschend Enterprises, a themed entertainment Mr. Schurz is also an independent board advisor to EBSCO Industries and serves on the University of Notre Dame College of Arts & Letters Advisory Council.
- -Previously served on the boards of Mutual Insurance Company Limited, News Media Alliance, American Press Institute (API), and the CBS Television Network Affiliates Association. Mr. Schurz is also a former Chair of the Memorial Hospital Board, Beacon Health Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, Hoosier State Press Association Foundation, the Poynter Institute’s National Advisory Board, -and the coordinating committee for the Regional Approach to Progress.
- Expertise in media, marketing and communications and general knowledge of business and Contributes long-term perspective in all of these areas.
- -Qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC guidelines.
- -B.A. in History and Economics from Brown University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.