Brandon Shurr

Brandon Shurr is director of the Student Advocates Office at Indiana University. Until March 2025, he represented District 7 on the Monroe County Community School Corporation board of trustees.

He first ran for the District 7 school board seat in 2014 and was defeated by incumbent Jeannine Butler. In 2018 he ran again, this time unopposed, and was elected to a four-year term for District 7. The school board elected him president in 2022. In November of that year he ran unopposed for the District 7 seat and was re-elected for a second term.

Prior to working at IU, Shurr was pastor at Sacred Heart Church in Bloomington. He has a bachelor’s degree in social work from Ball State University and a master of divinity degree from North Park Theological Seminary. He grew up in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Shurr is married to Jessica Shurr, a speech and language pathologist with MCCSC. They have 3 daughters.

Timeline: Brandon Shurr

2023-10-24: Brandon Shurr presides over his last board meeting as president, before stepping down as president of the board.
2022-11-08: Brandon Shurr is re-elected after running unopposed for the District 7 MCCSC board seat.
2022-01-04: Brandon Shurr is elected president of the MCCSC board.
2018-11-06: Brandon Shurr runs unopposed for the District 7 MCCSC board seat and is elected
2015: Brandon Shurr starts working for Indiana University Student Affairs
2014-11-04: Brandon Shurr runs for the District 7 MCCSC board seat and is defeated by incumbent Jeannine Butler
2012-??: Brandon Shurr serves as pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Bloomington
2004-2008: Brandon Shurr attends North Park Theological Seminary, studying for a master of divinity degree
??: Graduates from Ball State University with a bachelor's degree in social work