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
- 2022-11-08: Is re-elected after running unopposed for the District 7 MCCSC board seat
- 2022-01-04: Is elected by the MCCSC board as president
- 2018-11-06: Runs unopposed for the District 7 MCCSC board seat and is elected
- 2015: Starts working for Indiana University Student Affairs
- 2014-11-04: Runs for the District 7 MCCSC board seat and is defeated by incumbent Jeannine Butler
- 2012-??: Serves as pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Bloomington
- 2004-2008: 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
- 2001-08-18: Marries Jessica Bradley