Kim Wild

Kim WildPresident and General ManagerTowHaul

Respecting employees and caring about them was also emphasized by Kim Wild, TowHaul Corporation."I truly don't believe you can leave your personal life at home," she said.An employer has to be understanding of that."Our people have always been free to come and go," she said."The work needs to get done, of course, but we try not to set hours.Family matters are as important as business."

That kind of appreciation for their employees is one reason that TowHaul, which has also been named as the SBA's second runner-up, regionally, has offered to pay for all twenty-six of their employees to attend the US Small Business Administration's awards ceremony in Orlando, Florida.

As far as Wild is concerned their entire work force is entrepreneurial."They all have that attitude," she said, which is one reason why the company's founder, Frank Smith, moved his business from Canada to the Gallatin Valley.One of Montana's economic strengths, said Wild, is a workforce that has a great work ethic."Montana has been very good to us," said Wild.

Kim Wild - President / General Manager

Kim Wild and Frank Smith accepting the Small Business Exporter of the Year 2004 Award for the State of Montana and the Region 8.
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Kim Wild accepting the US Small Business Administration's Champion Award 2004.
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(f.l.: Hector V. Barreto (SBA Administrator), Kim Wild (President TowHaul), Michael Pappas (Director of Field Operations, SBA)
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Governor Judy Martz and Kim Wild, President of Smith Equipment USA
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Governor Judy Martz and Kim Wild, President of Smith Equipment USA

Kim WildTowhaul CorporationP.O. Box 3487Bozeman, Montana 59772Telephone: (406)-388-3424

Kim Wild, president of TowHaul, was another modest winner.She thanked those of us who nominated the company, then turned her attention toward her employees.That was easy because almost all of them were there, in Missoula, at the luncheon.It wasn't Wild's award, it was the company's award.And appropriately enough, the photo of each of the winners featured the individual, except for TowHaul, which had all the employees in the picture.

Later in May, Wild went to Orlando to accept the national award.She was even asked to speak at the national program.But she didn't go alone - the company took 13 of its employees who were able to go, at no cost to the employees.