Biography of Bruce Scherr Bruce A. Scherr, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer for Informa Economics, Inc. He has been with Informa
Economics, Inc. (formerly Sparks Companies, Inc.) since 1987 in
several executive capacities including President and CEO. In addition,
he is an Advisor for Metalmark Capital LLC, a private equity fund.
Formerly he was president of Sparks, Jacobs, Scherr, Inc. (SJS), a
sister company to Sparks, and president of Agri-Commodities, Inc.,
an agriculture consulting firm based in Andover, Massachusetts,
which was acquired by SJS. Dr. Scherr received his bachelor's degree
from Rutgers University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue
University, all in agricultural economics. He was recently named a
2007 Distinguished Agriculture alumni from Purdue University.
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