Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati ma2008, Hurd akashanda pamushandirapamwe wamutungamiri wenyika Barack Obama
, sechikamu chevashandi vekutsvakurudza zvematongerwe enyika uye vachibatsira kugadzira basa rokudzivirira vavhoti muWashoe County, Nevada. Pakati pegore ra2009, Hurd akabatana neHurumende yaObama semutungamiri mukuru, Export Promotion uye Trade Policy, achishanda muDhipatimendi reCommerce. Paaive paCommerce, Hurd aive mutungamiri wezvematongerwo enyika weTrade Promotion Coordinating Committee, kwaakabatsira kuita National Export Initiative. Akanyora NEI Report yekutanga kuMutungamiri wenyika pamwe neNational Export Strategy ya2011, ese ari maviri akaendeswa kuWhite House. Hurd akashandawo senhengo yeWhite House Business Council, achitaura nevatungamiriri vemabhizimisi munyika yose pamusoro pekukosha kwekusimudzira kutengesa kunze kwenyika.