Mark Murray
Indianapolis native Mark Murray developed his love of
broadcasting while working at Ben Davis High School's WBDG-FM. He
chose Butler for its excellence in broadcast education and sought a
curriculum and degree in this area. Because he had been working as
an air personality at top rated WIRE-AM since age 17, he quickly
began to desire a broader educational experience. During his
sophomore year, he switched to a new major then offered through the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In 1980 he was one of the
first Butler grads to attain a B.S. in Public and Corporate
Communications. Upon graduation he became General Manager for WTRE
AM & FM in Greensburg. After three years he moved to WAMJ-AM in
South Bend where he was General Manager and morning call-in talk
show host. During the 1980s he produced and hosted a live,
prime-time call-in talk show on the local PBS station, WNIT-TV.
With a strong aspiration to go into non-profit work, and to better
use his Butler Liberal Arts education, he made a career change in
1990.
Following seven years as vice president, he has served the last
15 years as President / CEO at Center for Hospice Care, a
non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of
living through hospice care, home health care, bereavement
services, and community education. Now the largest hospice program
in Indiana, and ranked in the top 5% in the nation, Center for
Hospice Care has offices in South Bend, Elkhart and Plymouth, two
seven-bed Medicare certified hospice inpatient units, a
freestanding community bereavement facility, and separate
Administrative and Foundation offices.
Murray is currently serving his second term as Board Chair for
the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in
Alexandria, VA. With 52,000 members, including 3,700 hospice and
palliative care provider members, NHPCO is the oldest and largest
such membership organization in the world. He also currently serves
on the boards of the National Hospice Foundation; FHSSA (formerly
known as the Foundation for Hospices of Sub-Saharan Africa), and
the Hospice Action Network, a Washington, DC based political
advocacy organization. He is a member of the National Hospice
Executive Roundtable, a group of eleven CEOs from across the
country who meet three times per year to develop and share industry
best practices. A former Board Chair for the Indiana Hospice and
Palliative Care Organization, he continues to serve on the board.
By appointment of Governor Mitch Daniels, he was a member of the
Indiana Home Health Services and Hospice Services Council from 2006
- 2011.
He lives in Granger, IN with his wife Deborah, daughter
Michelle, and granddaughter Emily.