40 Under 40: Kim Simon, bank branch manager

Kim Simon

AGE: 36

FAMILY: Son, Conner

Kim Simon for Business Today's 40 Under 40. (Kit Doyle)

EMPLOYER: Montgomery Bank

POSITION: Assistant branch manager -- Cape Girardeau/Broadway

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT:

Kim serves on the Cape Girardeau Chamber Ambassador's Committee and is enrolled in the 2009 Leadership Cape program. Kim She is a Big Sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Missouri and forms a team each year for their annual fundraiser, Bowl for Kids' Sake.

Kim is also involved with the United Way of Southeast Missouri on many different levels. She became the employee campaign coordinator in 2005 for the Cape market. She has also served on the small business Blitz Committee, Loaned Executives and Emerging Leaders Society.

HER TYPICAL DAY:

I get prospects ready for the day. I do business development. I'm out most of the day driving around Cape talking to establishments about doing business with our bank. I also deal with an established base of customers in the office. I am Chamber of Commerce Ambassador. I recruit members and I help with Chamber events such as Business After Hours and First Friday Coffee.

MOST SATISFYING PART OF HER JOB:

Meeting new people -- being surrounded by people.

THE WORST HAIRCUT SHE'S EVER HAD:

When I was in junior high I had a Boy Cut. It was cool then but when I look at my pictures now, I wonder why no one ever told me how bad I looked.

HER FAVORITE SONG FROM THE '80s:

Anything by Bon Jovi.

HER MOST EMBARASSING WORK MOMENT:

I hit my head under the counter while picking up something. People heard the clunk and inquired if I was OK. I'm the kind of person who'd trip over the carpet.