A Mom on a Mission

An advocate.  A mother.  Friend.  These are all words to describe Kim Hurshman.  Hurshman, graduate of Leadership Springfield Class XVI, was recently named the Local Sales Manager for KSPR and The Ozarks CW.  With her dedicated and driven team of sales representatives, she works hard every day to lead and assist in growing local businesses through marketing and advertising.

At a young age, Hurshman made the leap to television media sales at KY3, which offered her the opportunity to participate in Leadership Springfield.  Hurshman says of her experience in Leadership Springfield, that she gained “a much greater knowledge of our community” and that it was an experience she would “never trade”.   When planning Communications Day for her classmates, Hurshman gave them a look at television that few get to see.  Class XVI members put together a mock newscast, with classmates taking on roles of anchors, reporters and meteorologists.  A fun day, but a learning experience for all to see what goes into keeping a community informed.  The most important lesson she took from her experience in Leadership Springfield was during an exercise to try and build a better mousetrap.  Hurshman says the disagreements during the mousetrap discussion were good and that it taught participants to see things from a different perspective—perspectives they may have not seen without the discussion. 

Hurshman, a mother of two, currently serves as the Board Chairman for the American Diabetes Association—an organization that directly impacts her family.  You see, both of Hurshman’s teenage boys have been diagnosed with Diabetes.  Hurshman works tirelessly to raise funds and awareness for our local American Diabetes Association. In addition to the ADA, Kim has served great organizations like the Parenting Life Skills Center, the Children’s Miracle Network and the Ozark Empire Fair.

Getting people to look at their community differently and see where they can be an agent for positive change is what Leadership Springfield is all about—a lesson that Hurshman has carried with her to make her a great leader in our community.