Chris McMurry, CEO, McMurry

Chris McMurry is chief executive officer of McMurry, which has four offices in Arizona and New York, offers a complete line of integrated and content marketing communications services to a variety of clientele, including GlaxoSmithKline, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., Amtrak, CBS, Aon, CVS Caremark, Waste Management, Liberty Mutual, PNC, 24 Hour Fitness and Thomson Reuters, as well as related resources to more than 10,000 corporate professionals. The company has specialized practices in healthcare, finance and insurance. It is among the largest independent marketing communications companies in the U.S.

Chris joined McMurry in 1990 and is credited for growing it many times over since.  He was named Ad Person of the Year in Phoenix, one of the 40 most influential people in publishing by Folio and recently received the John B. Caldwell Award for lifetime achievement in content marketing. From 2006-2009, the company has been named one of the 10 top places to work in America by The Great Places to Work Institute and the Society for Human Resources Management, and for the last two years, McMurry has been listed on the Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list.  

He is also an occasional speaker, a guest lecturer, has been called upon for expert testimony in industry court cases, and is a past president and chairman of the Custom Publishing Council, past board member for the world-class U.S. Olympic Training Facility the Center for High Altitude Training, the Northern Arizona University Foundation, and current board member of Theresa’s Fund, a charity preventing domestic violence, and Sottera, Inc., a start up technology firm in Scottsdale.