She currently serves on the board of Pax World Funds/Pax Ellevate Fund, as an independent trustee, on the audit, and nom/gov committees, and the boards of Peckham Industries, Inc. and Martin Engineering as audit committee chair. She formerly served on the board of Eileen Fisher, Inc. as chair of the governance committee.

In total, her board service has included two mutual funds, three public, and eight private corporate boards—including serving as board chair, lead independent director, and chair of the audit, governance, finance, and compensation committees — in cloud-based SaaS, technology, medical devices, pharma/biotech, financial services, telecommunications, retail, and manufacturing industries.  She is a frequent corporate governance public speaker. She is known as a change catalyst and collaborative problem solver who listens and communicates well, quickly analyzes issues, and builds consensus. Hurd earned her JD in Corporate Securities Law from Duke University School of Law, an MBA in Finance from the University of Connecticut, and her BA from Mount Holyoke College.