Past clients and investments include Psychability (next-generation TV advertising analytics), Basho (big data analytics), Antengo (mobile commerce), UniversityNow (MOOC for working class and first-time college students), Followapps (mobile app analytics), the Savannah Fund (African venture capital), and FounderDating (entrepreneur-focused social network, sold 2016). In January 2013, Hurd joined the board of directors of Bullis Charter School, the top-ranked charter school in the State of California. Hurd joined Bullis Charter to bring his expertise in public policy and public relations to the school. In 2014, Bullis Charter School entered into a five-year standstill agreement to end outstanding litigation with the Los Altos School District, and Hurd has been quoted in local papers calling for increased dialogue to resolve the lawsuits. In 2011, Hurd was elected to the board of directors of the American Swiss Foundation, a non-profit organization that fosters relations between the two countries. The group represents Switzerland's leading banks, insurance and multinational corporations. Since 2010, Hurd has served as co-chair of the Foundation's alumni council, representing over 1,000 alumni of the annual young leaders program. Hurd is a member of the Committee on Membership of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The Committee on Membership meets twice annually to recommend candidates to be elected to CFR membership. Hurd is a Senior Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, focusing on international trade and export promotion issues. Since 1986, Hurd has participated in a number of global leadership development programs, hosted by the governments of Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Japan and England. He maintains a rolodex of over 5,000 of the most influential young political, business and media leaders around the world. A partial list of the programs he has participated in follows:  Hurd is a member of the Democratic Party, and has worked on the issues, Get out the vote and voter protection staff for numerous presidential and senate campaigns, including Michael Dukakis in the 1988 United States presidential election, for Dianne Feinstein in the United States Senate special election in California, 1992, and for Barack Obama in the Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 and the Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012. In September, 2012, Hurd represented the Obama Administration at a "Rock the Vote" event in Madrid, Spain, during the 2012 campaign. On April 2, 2006, Hurd and his wife, Christina Mireles, were interviewed by Lesley Stahl on the CBS show, "60 Minutes", in a segment titled “Working 24/7” devoted to the impact of technology on the work/life balance.