date:Jun 27, 2012
rketing services agency, Meredith Xcelerated Marketing. He was responsible for creating and directing custom
marketing initiatives for major clients, including Kraft Foods, The Principal Financial Group, Chrysler, MetLife and Publix.
Kurns began his career as a newspaper journalist with at the Ames Tribune and the Quad-City Times. A 1982 graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelors degree in Journalism and Mass Communications, Kurns currently serves as Chair of the ISU Greenlee School of