Carrie A. Hurt is President/CEO of BBB serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin. She is the visionary leader who has grown BBB to one of the largest membership organizations in Texas. Carrie joined the Austin BBB team in 1995 as Communications Director and was named Vice President in 1998. In March 2003, Carrie was named President and CEO by the Board of Directors. Under her leadership, BBB serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin has undergone four mergers and increased its service area from 11 to 79 counties. BBB serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin is geographically the largest BBB in the state and now boasts more than 9,500 Accredited Business locations, making it the 2nd fastest-growing in the BBB system.
Carrie has served on committees for the Texas Residential Construction Commission and was appointed in 2008 by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples to the GO TEXAN Partner Program (GOTEPP) advisory board. Carrie is a native Texan and attended Southwest Texas State University, now Texas State University. After graduating with a degree in Communications, she began her broadcasting career at KHOU-TV in Houston. Carrie later moved to Beaumont, Texas and began reporting and anchoring for KJAC-TV. She won several awards for her work from the local press club including Best Investigative Reporting. She interviewed many luminaries such as Oprah Winfrey, Susan Lucci, Dan Rather, President George H.W. Bush and former Vice President Dan Quayle. In 1993, Carrie went to work for the BBB in Beaumont, where her news releases, investigations and public relations programs won numerous awards.
In 2008, Carrie was elected as a member of the Bureau Operations Committee (BOC), the highest honor to which a BBB CEO can be elected. Carrie and the other four members of the BOC are charged with measuring the performance and effectiveness of the 128 BBBs in the system. In 2009, Carrie was named the BOC Chair. Carrie currently resides in Round Rock, Texas with her son, Trevor.
