Jean Hurst

Partner, Hurst Brooks Espinosa, LLC

Jean Kinney Hurst began her love of dance at the age of 5, jumping on the family room furniture listening to the Broadway cast recording of “A Chorus Line.” In an effort to avoid the emergency room and save the couches, her parents enrolled her in ballet at The Dancing School in Selma, California. Today, she credits any semblance of personal poise or grace to the kind and gentle guidance of ballet mistress Deanna Moser Driscoll. Currently, Jean is a founding partner of Hurst Brooks Espinosa, LLC, a legislative advocacy firm located in Sacramento, where she assists public and private sector clients with legislative issues related to state and local finance, state budget, governance, elections, and revenue and taxation, among others.

Jean holds a Master of Public Policy and Administration from California State University, Sacramento, in addition to a Bachelor of Science With Honors from the University of California, Davis. She previously worked for the California State Association of Counties, as well as the Yolo County Board of Supervisors.

Since joining the Sacramento Ballet Board of Directors in 2019, Jean has served as Board Treasurer and Chair of the Artistic Director search committee. As President, she is grateful for the trust of her board colleagues and looks forward to continued community engagement and collaboration with the Ballet’s dancers, staff, and patrons.

Jean grew up in Fresno County and married her high school sweetheart. She has three sweet, smart, beautiful daughters and resides in Yolo County.