Advisory Council

Dave Kurns is a 1982 graduate of Iowa State University in journalism and mass communications, with a minor in business.

After nearly 10 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, Kurns joined Meredith in 1989 as a copy editor for Better Homes and Gardens’Special Interest Publications. After being promoted to copy chief, he was named assistant managing editor of the Food, Garden, and special projects departments.

In 1994, he was one of three staff members to launch Meredith New Media. Days thereafter, he began work on an electronic magazine project, what became Meredith’s first commercial Internet site, @griculture Online.

Since the launch of Better Homes and Gardens online in 1996 and more than 20 other Meredith sites, he now helps conceive and direct new editorial and community features that drive traffic, subscriptions, and advertising sponsorships to the largest Meredith consumer web sites.

Kurns is currently the Editor in Chief of Meredith Interactive Media, part of the Publishing Group within Meredith Corporation in Des Moines, where he is responsible for directing all content and strategic initiatives for Meredith's consumer Web sites and oversees 22 members of the creative staff, located in New York City and Des Moines, Iowa.