Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin 2008, Hurd ya yi aiki a kan yakin neman zaben Barack Obama
, a matsayin wani ɓangare na ma'aikatan bincike na manufofin waje da kuma taimakawa wajen kafa aikin kare masu jefa kuri'a a Washoe County, Nevada. A tsakiyar shekara ta 2009, Hurd ya shiga Gwamnatin Obama a matsayin Babban Daraktan, Tallafawa Fitarwa da Manufofin Kasuwanci, yana aiki a Ma'aikatar Kasuwanci. Yayin da yake Kasuwanci, Hurd shine jagoran siyasa na Kwamitin Gudanar da Gudanar da Kasuwanci, inda ya taimaka wajen aiwatar da Shirin Kasuwanci na Kasa. Ya rubuta rahoton NEI na farko ga Shugaban kasa da kuma dabarun fitar da kayayyaki na kasa na 2011, dukansu an ba su a Fadar White House. Hurd kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Majalisar Kasuwancin Fadar White House, yana magana da shugabannin kasuwanci a duk faɗin ƙasar game da mahimmancin haɓaka fitarwa.