Chad Crouch is the owner of Hush Records and originally set the label up to provide a way to release his music (first album 'Portland, Or.'). It didn't take too long until he was adding other bands from Portland into the equation (artists like The Decemberists, Kind of Like Spitting, Corrina Repp, Norfolk and Western and Reclinerland).
Over the past 8 years (since 1998) Chad has been involved in a few projects including Blanket Music and Toothfairy and also been a keen artist (work viewable here).

Chad Crouch on Last.fm.