Barry S. Surman is associate publisher of the Forward, managing all business operations of the English and Yiddish-language publications and websites, including advertising sales, circulation and marketing.
Before joining the Forward in November 2010, Surman had worked as a journalist and business executive for several leading media organizations, as well as a strategy consultant and entrepreneur. He recently led a multimedia publishing venture and was vice president of classified advertising and vice president of new business and strategic development at the Daily News in New York. During an 11-year stint at The New York Times Company, he held a variety of management roles in sales and marketing, product development and management, and corporate strategy and acquisitions; he worked in – or closely with – business units in multiple media segments, including digital media, newspapers, magazines, radio and television broadcasting and production.
Earlier in his career, Surman was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and a professional journalist.
His writing and photography have appeared in The New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Congressional Quarterly, Technology Review and other outlets.
Surman received an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper. He serves on its alumni board, and has served on the board of Upwardly Global, a nonprofit organization that helps highly skilled immigrants, refugees and asylees reclaim their careers in the United States and helps American employers benefit from this hidden talent pool.
Barry S. Surman can be reached at [email protected].
