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About the Office of the Superintendent
Hank Hurd,
Interim Superintendent
Fuller Administration Building
511 Cleveland Street
P.O. Box 30002
Durham, NC 27702
Hank Hurd
Interim Superintendent, Durham Public Schools
H. Hank Hurd joined Durham Public Schools in October 2002. He has a master’s degree in business administration from Campbell University and is a North Carolina Certified Public Accountant. He has 33 years experience as a school administrator. In his present position as Chief Operating Officer, Hurd oversees Finance, Human Resource Services, Operational Services, Security and Information Technology for the district.
Prior to joining Durham Public Schools, Hurd served as the Associate State Superintendent for Financial and Business Services and Chief Financial Officer at the N.C. Department of Public Instruction for three years. While at the Department of Public Instruction he supervised a budget of $6 Billion dollars and had a staff of 142. Hurd also served four years as the financial consultant for the N.C. Principal’s Executive Program which is part of the University Of North Carolina. There he taught school resource management to hundreds of school principals, assistant principals and future superintendents across the state. Before that he was employed by Harnett County Schools as the Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services for 23 years.
Hurd has received the Award for Financial Excellence in Reporting from the American Association of School Business Officials many times; the Award for Financial Achievement in Reporting from the Governmental Finance Officers Association; the North Carolina State Treasurer’s Governmental Accounting/Financial Management Award twice; and the Public Schools of North Carolina Recognition of Achievement Award four times.
In 2009, Hurd was honored as a Top CFO by Business Leader Magazine. He is Past President and lifetime member of the North Carolina Association of School Business Officials, as well as a member of the North Carolina Association of School Administrators, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. Hurd has been a member of the Durham Rotary Club and has served on the Durham Triangle United Way Campaign Cabinet for a number of years.
