Chairman, Nucraft Furniture Company
Tim Schad is Chairman of Nucraft Furniture Company, which designs, manufactures and sells high-end office furniture. Nucraft has manufacturing and corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Clients are primarily in North America but increasingly world-wide. Nucraft was founded by George Schad Sr. in 1946 and headed by George Schad, Jr. from 1965 to 1985. Tim Schad was President of Nucraft from 1985 to 1998 and Chairman from 1998 to present.
Tim Schad is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School. He was employed at General Motors from 1973 to 1980. From 2001 to 2006, he was Vice-President for Finance and Administration at Grand Valley State University. Since 2007, he has been a Board Member of Mercantile Bank of West Michigan (a public company) and serves on the Audit Committee. Tim also serves on several family business boards of directors and is a Director of the Family Business Alliance of Grand Rapids. In 2008, Tim founded the NextGen Peer Groups within the Family Business Alliance – this program has grown to engage more than 100 young people who are working in their family’s business in West Michigan.
Tim and Cindy Schad have been married for 43 years and have two sons (Matt & Brandon) who both work at Nucraft. Tim’s hobbies are powder skiing, paddle boarding, mountain biking and triathlons.