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Todd Schurz

President and Chief Executive
Schurz Communications, Inc.
Todd F. Schurz has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Schurz Communications, Inc. since July 1, 2007. Schurz Communications, Inc. (SCI) is a diversified privately-owned, communications company, with five broadband companies and managed cloud services companies. Geographically, SCI has a presence in the United States in Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and Wisconsin. The company also has operations in Germany, Great Britain, and Romania. Prior to joining Schurz Communications, Inc. in 1989, Todd worked for the Times Journal Company in Springfield, Virginia, and for the New York Daily News during graduate school. He was the President and Publisher of Associated Desert Shoppers in Palm Desert, California, from 1991-1995. He served as the President, Editor and Publisher of the South Bend Tribune from 1995 until February 2000. He served as SCI’s Vice President of Technology and Business Development from 2000 to 2005, and President and General Manager of WSBT Television from July 2002 to September 30, 2005. He then served as SCI President and Chief Operating Officer from 2005 to 2007. Todd was born in San Francisco, California, attended Brown University in Rhode Island, and graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Economics. He later received his Master of Business Administration in 1989 from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with majors in Marketing and Management. Todd currently serves on the boards of the 1st Source Corporation and Herschend Enterprises (as vice-chair and lead independent director). He is an independent Board advisor to EBSCO Industries and serves on the University of Notre Dame College of Arts & Letters Advisory Council. He has served on the boards of the CBS Television Network Affiliates Association, Hoosier State Press Association’s Foundation (also a past president), News Media Alliance, American Press Institute (API), and Mutual Insurance Company Limited. He is a former Chair of the Memorial Hospital Board, Beacon Health Foundation, Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, and Poynter Institute’s National Advisory Board. He has served on numerous other community organization boards, including United Way, Project Future, Regional Approach to Progress, and the Community Foundation. He and his wife Stephanie have two adult children, Anthony and Caroline.

SESSIONS

Rethinking Your Business Governance Speaker

The emerging best practice for a family-owned and controlled company is a business board with independent outside directors, following the lead of public companies.  This session will look at successful family business boards, and offer advice on how to deal with control issues, and how to make the current board even better.