Kim Buttram has been the Executive Director of the Forney Economic Development Corporation since May of 2010. Her background includes a Marketing Degree from Texas A&M, experience in newspaper advertising and publishing, work as a bank teller, and years of being a self-employed entrepreneur. According to her peers, Kim Buttram is probably the hardest working woman in Forney.

Buttram cites the seven year effort she and her husband put into remodeling their farm house, as teaching her patience and tenacity. She uses both those attributes to bring Forney residents the quality of life they desire. Buttram says,