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Check out the season finale of Mothers in Construction podcast, Season 4 , Episode 60 – The Master Builder with Ann McNeill.
Ann McNeill is the President of MCO Construction and Services Inc., MCO Consulting, Inc., Constructively Speaking, Inc., on the Board of Directors for Better Investing, and Founder of the National Association of Black Women in Construction (NABWIC). She is also the Founder and President/CEO of the International Mastermind Association, an organization that helps people create work/life balance through goal-setting and financial empowerment.
Today, Ann is a dynamic speaker who has been featured in many newspapers and magazines, including Success Magazine and the Miami Herald. She was also the cover story for USA Today, Black Enterprise and ABC World News.
Ann is also mother to two wonderful daughters, Danelle and the Baby Billionaire, Ionnie. She also has two awesome grandchildren, Malachi and Rajah-Nia. Mrs. McNeill is happily married to her husband Daniel McNeill.
In this episode, we speak about Ann’s start in the industry 45 years ago, what it was like being a black woman in construction at that time, and what led her to start the National Association of Black Women In Construction.
We also discuss balancing motherhood and our careers. Ann advises us to expose our children to what we do and highlights the importance of prioritizing family along with scheduling intentional moments with our children.
Ann McNeill, known as The Master Builder, is intentional about building people that build projects and building programs that build communities. Listen to her story!!! -
Check out Episode 59 - Creating Legacy, with Barbara G. Werther, Esq., and Jesse Garchik.
Barbara is an attorney practicing construction law and Member at Samek | Werther | Mills, LLC. Her principal goal is to assist clients in finding a path to resolve issues, eliminate disputes, and find sensible solutions to complicated legal issues. Barbara is also co-founder of the Women In Construction, Inc. (WIC) organization and has served as President of the annual Women in Construction Conference from 2006 to 2021.
Jesse Garchik is the founder and Principal of Garchik Consulting Solutions, LLC. Her firm supports nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses in the areas of strategic planning, communications, social media, fundraising, event planning, and volunteer committee management. She is a vital player in the success of The Women in Construction Conference, "the East Coast's premiere forum for education, professional development, and networking for women in the build industry".
In this episode, we discuss the importance of supporting women in our industry and how vital it is to reach back for the woman behind you. Barbara and Jesse, also mother and daughter, discuss how the legacy created by Barbara and her partner through the founding of WIC continues on under the guidance of Jesse, with a focus on elevating and celebrating women in our industry. Listen to their stories!!!!
The 17th Annual Women in Construction Conference will be held on October 19th, 2023, in Washington, DC.
Women in Construction (womeninconstructionconference.com)
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Check out Season 4, Episode 58 of the Mothers in Construction podcast with Anya James, CMAA, PHAS.
Anya is an Administrative Housing Superintendent with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). She’s been a facilities manager with over 25 years of proven success in supervising large work entities. Anya is proficient in overseeing multimillion-dollar Class A capital improvement projects as well as monitoring field operations in construction management, heating services, and building maintenance. She has the ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status.
At the age of 18, Anya began her career with NYCHA as a Maintenance Trainee within the Housing Youth Development Internship, a program offered to youth living in one of the housing developments of the New York City Housing Authority. She is now a leader within the same organization and participates in a coaching/leadership academy where women in leadership reach back to support future leaders within their organization. On top of this position, Anya is a real estate investor, has practiced funeral directing, and holds an Associate Degree in Mortuary Science from Nassau Community College, a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and Human Resource Management, as well as a Masters of Public Administration/Investigations (MPA) from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
As if her plate is not full enough, Anya is a mom with a nine-year old daughter, Amayah, who is a competitive gymnast, figure skater, and guitarist. Amayah is her "why" and keeps her pushing forward. In this episode, we speak about the importance of hope and access to opportunity. Anya tells us, "On the
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Check out Mothers In Construction Podcast, Episode 57 - Space to Build with Kathryn Hart Tinnesz. Kathryn wears many hats, but her favorite is being a woman in construction. She is also in the process of fitting into a new one: motherhood. Kathryn has held traditional titles such as Superintendent, Project Manager, and Business Development Manager, but her passion lies in her non-traditional work. She is the owner and host behind Space to Build, an online platform that equips you with community, digital resources, and guidance to find your voice in the architecture, engineering, and construction industries!
In this episode, we speak about the importance of community in our industry and her viewpoint on navigating her career path as an expectant mother Listen to her story !!!
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Check out Season 4 - Episode 56 - Life Transitions of Mothers In Construction Podcast with Nicolle Wilkinson.
Nicolle Wilkinson is a licensed architect in the state of Arizona and a certified construction manager through CMAA. Her 30-year career has focused on the planning and management of complex capital improvement programs in both California and Arizona for local and federal agencies. Her forte is navigating bureaucratic organizations and exceeding client expectations "so they can sleep at night." She calls herself the "LinkedIn Granny" and posts frequently about women in construction, NAWIC, menopause, being a vinophile, and about the feral cats on her construction site that she cares for. In addition to trying to bring a NAWIC chapter to Yuma before she retires, she is currently mentoring a group of 4 women in construction, meeting with them one-on-one and as a group monthly for a year. Nicolle is a mother to one living child, a son who is a high school senior graduating this year, and who, thanks to his mother’s encouragement and the generosity of his mentor Shanen Aranmor with Weld Like A Girl, will be attending Tulsa Welding School on a full scholarship starting in July. Her husband, Greg, is the retired City of Yuma city manager, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps. Nicolle’s next career milestone is to retire to Malta in 2025. She is currently teaching herself to speak Maltese in preparation for retirement.
In this episode, we discuss menopause and what it’s like to be a mother in construction going through this life transition while maintaining a career the industry. This is another topic that is not discussed loudly enough but impacts many. For some, the symptoms are minimal, but others endure pain and discomfort, which impact their way of life. Nicolle experienced symptoms associated with menopause while running hundreds of millions of dollars in work. She provides tips on what has helped her advocate for her needs, improve her quality of life, and maintain a successful career in a demanding industry. Listen to her story!!!!
Follow Nicolle on LinkedIn @Nicolle Wilkinson
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Check out Mothers In Construction Podcast's, Episode 55 – Psychosocial Safety with Abby Ferri. Abby is a practical, creative, and influential safety and risk management consultant, podcaster, and author. She leverages social media, her voice, and the latest technology to advocate for worker safety and equity. Abby is the Chief Risk Officer at Insurate, where she's part of a team of innovators reshaping insurance around the people it's supposed to protect.
In this episode, we speak about psychosocial safety factors along with two of the top safety issues facing women in the field: lack of accessibility to adequate bathroom facilities and access to properly fitting PPE. Not having adequate facilities for women has an impact on the health and well-being of workers in the field. Many avoid hydrating and hold urine throughout their shifts as a way to avoid jobsite conditions. This leads to dehydration and painful urinary tract infections. Also, although more products have become available, proper fitting PPE that is based upon female body measurement data is still an issue and has an impact on worker safety.
Abby discusses her advocacy work to support better work environments for women in the field and what we can do to elevate our voices to push for an industry-wide cultural change that goes beyond inclusion weeks and trendy statements. The call to action to the industry is to do the right thing and make necessary accommodations to support women in our industry! Listen to her story!!!
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Check out Season 4, Episode 54 - Ambition Theory with Andrea Janzen. Andrea is the founder and CEO of Ambition Theory, a Certified Executive Coach with an MBA, the host of the Ambition Theory Podcast, a Forbes contributor, and a top-rated speaker. She is passionate about coaching women in construction to develop themselves, set leadership goals, and get results. Since 2018, Andrea has coached and trained over 1,000 construction professionals. Before becoming a coach, Andrea was a marketing leader that worked on some of the world's best-known brands.
In this episode, we discuss the double bind experienced by women in our industry due to being viewed as either too aggressive or not aggressive enough. Andrea also speaks to us about sponsorship vs. mentorship, which is necessary in order to propel women in our industry. Listen to her story !!! -
Check out Season 4, Episode 53 – We Are The Rule with Laini Schultz-Sangster.
Laini-Schultz-Sangster is a Transportation/Construction Project Manager with over two decades of experience in the industry. Having worked her way up from Office Engineer to Project Manager, Laini worked on landmark projects, such as the John F Kennedy International Airport Light Rail System (LRS), Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport Skytrain Automated People Mover (APM), SunRail Heavy Rail and Orlando International Airports A1/B3 APM Upgrades in Florida. She is also a Certified General Contractor in Florida.
Five years ago, Laini became a mother, which changed the trajectory of her professional career as she was forced to make the decision about “What kind of mother and wife was she going to be? Whether or not the long hours of her day would be focused on the jobsite or at home? Where would the balance of wife/mothering come from?” This is the reason she is a firm believer in mentorship as seeing yourself in someone who looks like you, who is successful and/or struggling with decisions like yours, validates your choices, helps dispel anxious feelings disguised as failure, and that horrible imposter syndrome. Mentorship and friendships help us all realize WE are not alone; WE can make decisions that prioritize our families, WE can demand flexibility, it will be manifested. WE can do this, doesn’t have to look pretty and fancy, but WE CAN DO THIS! We thank Laini for her power statement “We Are No Longer The Exception, WE ARE THE RULE! Listen to her story!!
Laini R Schultz-Sangster
Transportation/Construction Project Manager
www.ralisan.com
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Check out Season 4, Episode 52 - Chicago Women In Trades, of Mothers In Construction Podcast. Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) was founded in 1981 and has been instrumental in improving outcomes for women seeking and working in nontraditional careers. CWIT has published white papers, and chartered initiatives along with strategic partners, to empower and advocate for women in our field.
Today we are speaking to Lark Jackson, who is the Gender Equity Center Associate Director at Chicago Women in Trades' National Center for Women's Equity in Apprenticeship and Employment and is a recognized leader in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion for women working in the skilled trades, including but not limited to the manufacturing, construction and transit industries. She leads the national center's technical assistance work, offering guidance and strategic planning to industry stakeholders on how to best recruit and retain women in the trades. Listen to her story!!!!
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Check out Season 4 Episode 51 - The Spirit of A Woman In Construction. This episode is a solo podcast with my reflections on the reach back and support we must provide as women in our field. This episode is dedicated to my mentor, my sister, Jacqueline Glover who we lost last month. Jacqi was a leader in the AEC community in Washington, DC. She touched the lives of many including mine as a role model, mentor and a friend. Although it hurt to lose her, I am so inspired by her life and her intentional commitment to support women and minorities in construction. I’m calling on all my M.I.Cs , my W.I.Cs and all of our allies…Her legacy will live on through others as we stay committed to changing lives in our field !
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Check out Season 4, Episode 50 of Mothers In Construction Podcast with Atianna J. Cordova. She is an award-winning designer, entrepreneur, and educator from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2018, she founded WATER BLOCK™, a design and creative studio that works to advance racial and environmental justice through community-led design and planning.
Atianna is also the founder of WATER BLOCK Kids™, which teaches youth about architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and real estate through educational programs and products. Atianna’s introduction to architecture after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and journey in the design field has inspired her work including the release of her first children's book entitled What is Architecture?
In this episode we discuss another journey of turning tragedy into a rose. During Hurricane Katrina Atianna was a curious child wondering why her community was so greatly impacted. After developing an understanding of the injustices faced by her community, she developed a passion for advocating for justice through design. She is an amazing, forward- thinking trailblazer that is making moves in our industry. Listen to her story!!!
WATER BLOCK Kids™ website: https://www.waterblockkids.com/
WATER BLOCK Kids™ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waterblockkids/
WATER BLOCK™ website: https://www.waterblockglobal.com/
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Check out Season 4, Episode 49 - The Power of Words, with Twyla Garrett an exceptional serial Entrepreneur, motivational speaker, homeland security strategist, and compelling author. Twyla is the founder of Growth Management Services (GMS), a Construction Program Management Firm with revenues of over one million dollars within three years of opening, and Integrated Responders Group (IRG), a Full Services Independent Claims Management Firm. She currently resides between Washington, DC and Raleigh, North Carolina, where she manages her multi-successful businesses. Her new book My Mother’s Words is a motivational study on how individuals can turn their worst experiences into their greatest triumphs. We discuss turning pain and adversity into triumph. Twyla details how she took the pain of her childhood and used it as fuel and motivation to become a successful black woman in the construction industry. Listen to her story!!!
Twyla is known for her notable (oftentimes 100% self-funded) business deals, and she strives to provide excellent opportunities for individuals faced with immense personal and social challenges, especially related to abuse. At GMS, she seeks out the homeless and ex-offenders for a second chance and offers them full-time sustainable work. With her ability to speak on delicate and motivational topics, Twyla has been personally invited to The White House to speak on issues relating to creating jobs, economic growth, and the controversial fiscal cliff of 2012. Twyla is also passionate about helping individuals become meaningful persons in life and writes books on how young and emerging entrepreneurs can scale their businesses, so they are big enough to create sustainable employment to those living within their communities.
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Check out Season 4, Episode 48 - Build Better with Sharron Halpert, founder and owner of Halpert Life Safety Consulting LLC, a leading provider of firestop-related life safety and passive fire protection solutions. “If you want to build better, we want to help.” That’s not just some catch phrase behind Halpert Life Safety Consulting, those are words Sharron lives by. Over 20 years in construction focusing on firestop and passive fire protection, $20Billion of new construction covering some 27 million square feet~ if she can’t help you, she probably knows who can.
We talk about her start in construction, her passion for her trade and important communication methods that we all can use to diffuse situations in construction. Listen to her story!!!
Link to training - https://firestop-coffee-break-training.mykajabi.com
Free training: You Tube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUnPQnrAN9sPlGKQlsGbl_w
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Check out Season 4 Episode 47 of Mothers In Construction Podcast– The Company of Dads with Paul Sullivan. Paul is the founder of The Company of Dads @thecompanyofdads, the first platform dedicated to creating a community for Lead Dads. Its mission is to help Lead Dads feel less isolated and more confident that they have made the correct choice to take on the bulk of the parenting and family duties - or at the very least not embrace stereotypes around who does what at home.
We discuss breaking the cultural norm of moms being the expected managers of their households. Mothers In Construction and others with demanding jobs often find themselves burned out from carrying the weight of their jobs in addition to countless responsibilities caring for their children and maintaining their households. Fathers like Paul and other Lead Dads are changing up the game by making sacrifices to support their families.
Before starting The Company of Dads in 2021, Paul wrote the Wealth Matters column in The New York Times for 13 years. He also created the Money Game column in GOLF Magazine. As a journalist for 25 years, his articles also appeared in Fortune, Money, Conde Nast Portfolio, The International Herald Tribune, Barron’s, The Boston Globe, and Food & Wine. From 2000 to 2006, he was a reporter, editor and columnist at the Financial Times. He got his start as a reporter at Bloomberg and Institutional Investor.
Paul is the author of two books Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don’t and The Thin Green Line: The Money Secrets of The Super Wealthy. He has been interviewed on podcasts, radio and television programs across America, including NPR, Marketplace, CNN, and Fox News. He has also given keynote talks to audiences from 50 to 500 people in the United States, Mexico and Chile.
Paul lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, with his wife and their three daughters and three dogs. Listen to his story!
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Check out Mothers In Construction Podcast's Season 4 Episode 46 - Tough Decisions with Katelyn Barrett. Katelyn is a Marine Corps veteran, a marine welder and a Mother In Construction from North Carolina. She's a single mom raising a beautiful six year old boy. In order to pursue her career as a commercial diver and tender, Katelyn made the tough choice to relocate away from her child to work throughout the week and return home on the weekends. Katelyn is not alone as many women face these tough decisions while in pursuit of their careers. Katelyn's story will encourage other moms to hold on and keep their eyes on the light at the end of the tunnel. Listen to her story!
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Check out this week’s episode of Mothers In Construction Podcast dropping Thursday . Season 4 Episode 45 is with Christine Merdon. Listen to her Story!
Christine Merdon is the CEO/President of Merdon Strategies, LLC, a woman owned small business providing management consulting to federal contractors for strategy, growth, organizational leadership and optimization of team performance. In addition, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Maryland.
Ms. Merdon is a professional engineer, with significant public and private industry experience. She has a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland.
Ms. Merdon had a leadership role for 9 years at the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) as the Acting Architect of the Capitol and Chief Operating Officer. She was responsible for construction, facilities maintenance and operation of the historic U.S. Capitol Building, the care and improvement of more than 570 acres of grounds and the operation and maintenance of 18.4 million square feet of buildings including: the House and Senate Congressional Office Buildings, the Capitol Visitor Center, the Library of Congress Buildings, the U.S. Supreme Court Building and U.S. Botanic Gardens. As Acting Architect of the Capitol, she was a member of the Capitol Police Board, and the President's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Before joining the AOC, Ms. Merdon worked in private industry as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Program and Construction Management with McKissack & McKissack. She has been responsible for successfully managing more than $15 billion in major construction projects and programs including: Washington Nationals Major League Baseball Stadium, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, National Museum of African American History and Culture, O’Hare Modernization Program, and Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson Memorial Renovations.
Her private industry experience also included time spent as a Project Manager and Site Superintendent for Clark Construction.
She began her career with the U.S. Navy for a total of 17 years, which included an assignment to White House Military Office as a Project Manager.
Throughout her career, Ms. Merdon has won many projects excellence awards and she is the proud recipient of the 2016 D.C. Professional Engineer of the Year. She is a distinguished member of the National Academy of Construction. She is also a member of the Society of Women Engineers, Society of American Military Engineers, former Chair of the Board of Visitors for the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Maryland, and the past president of the National Capitol Region ACE High School Mentor Program. She is a distinguished member of the National Academy of Construction.
She resides in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband, Michael, and daughter Nadya.
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Check out this week's episode of Mothers In Construction Podcast with Kathryn Tyler Prigmore. Listen to her story!
Kathryn Bradford Tyler Prigmore, FAIA, NOMAC, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, CDT Ms. Prigmore has over 40 years of architectural experience as a practitioner, educator, and regulator. Her strong project management skills include an inimitable understanding of the dynamics that facilitate project delivery. Ms. Prigmore has provided design, technical oversight, and project management for award-winning projects of a wide range of sizes, types, and delivery methods – including those with sensitive and classified defense and federal missions. She has overseen project teams with more than fifteen consultant firms and up to two hundred staff for clients in the federal, defense, civic, and private sectors.
Active in professional and civic affairs, Ms. Prigmore has served on AIA and NCARB committees at the national level that serve to bridge the chasm between education and practice. She has been a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) since 1982 and was elevated to Fellowship in 2002. A member of AIADC for 30 years, she transferred to AIANOVA to help develop the Fellows Committee, a position she held for many years while an AIADC member.
Ms. Prigmore is the Founding Collaborator (with Barbara G, Laurie, AIA – deceased) of Riding the Vortex: African American Women in Practice. Beginning in 2007, this initiative provides inspiration, mentoring, and public speaking opportunities for African American women at all levels the profession in venues throughout the United States. Ms. Prigmore and her three collaborators – Kathy Dixon, Katherine Williams, and Melissa Daniel – received the AIA Whiney M. Young, Jr. Award in 2022. Many of the young African American women currently active in the profession are part of the expanding Vortex network. Prigmore is in the process of reviving Black Women in Architecture, an organization with its roots in the early 1980s. Ms. Prigmore served as a Trustee of the Branch Museum of Architecture and Design and as past Chair of the AIA National Ethics Council; National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Committee on Examination; and the Virginia Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects. Awards and honors bestowed upon Ms. Prigmore include a Lifetime Achievement Award – Women of Color Magazine; President’s Medal – NCARB; Outstanding Faculty Member – Howard University College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences; inclusion in several Marquis Who’s Who publications; and inclusion among the Outstanding Young Women in America. In 2018 the National Organization of Minority Architects Council (NOMAC) inducted Ms. Prigmore into the Council of Elders.
Ms. Prigmore was recently selected to lead the Washington, DC office of Moody Nolan as Studio Director/Principal. Recently an Adjunct Professor of Practice in Virginia Tech's Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, Ms. Prigmore is a former Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Architecture for the Howard University School of Architecture and Design. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Building Sciences and a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as well as a Master of Science in Engineering from The Catholic University of America. Notably, she was one of the first 20 African American Women registered to practice architecture in the United States, and maintains licenses in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Ms. Prigmore is also a LEED Accredited Professional with a Building Design + Construction specialty; an NCARB certificate holder; and a certified Construction Documents Technologist.
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Check out the Season 3 Finale of Mothers In Construction Podcast with Lashanna Ingraham! Lashanna, known as the Fashion Welder, is a multi-certified master welder , ironworker and a M.I.C. Lashanna entered into the trades in 2008, when plumbing and pipe fitting weren’t enough. She switched over to structural steel welding, equipped with the certifications and training that she needed to break many chains and boundaries throughout her experience as a woman in the field. Lashanna has taken part in restoring and building various historical buildings throughout her local city of Sacramento all the way to the Bay Area. She has built Sacramento’s golden one center, Marriott hotels, hospitals, high-rises even a BART station just to name a few. Lashanna is married with a 5 year old son.
Raised by her grandparents in Dunnigan, CA, growing up on a farm was the best thing that could have ever happened to her; it was where she learned first class work ethic from her world war two veteran grandfather. Nowadays when Lashanna isn’t hanging iron she advocates for women in the trades and shares her experience as a woman in this male-dominated field. Standing as a conduit to women all around the world who have a desire for more, Lashanna is the CEO of “Ingraham”, a brand whose mission is to provide comfort fit workwear for women who work in the trades. Lashanna is looking to break the chains to stereotypical bondage by using her story and voice to encourage Women that this is her world too. Lashanna Ingraham has been featured in several recent blogs, including The Fabricators Magazine you can also find her on her YouTube channel and social media Instagram page. @thefashionwelder
Lashanna shares her story about being laid off by a previous employer after becoming pregnant. She gives advice for women to increase their qualifications to be considered resources instead of liabilities. Listen to her story !
Subscribe so you don’t miss a beat and if you like what you hear, please leave us a review. *Link In Bio* Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. @thefashionwelder @leyu.inc @ingraham.work.wear -
Check out Episode 42 of Mothers In Construction Podcast - Move Over Bob with Angela Cacace. Angela has spent the last fifteen years tackling male dominated trades work. Originally from Guam, Angela spent most of her life in the Washington D.C. area where her love for skilled trades began as a classically trained barber. It was in 2013, with the purchase of her first home in NC, that she began her pursuit into her construction career and her mission to find and thank women who have paved the way before her.
She is the creator of Move Over Bob, an online publication, www.moveoverbob.com, that features stories of bonafide trailblazers to encourage and empower women to pursue construction and trades careers. In addition to her work and commitment to Move Over Bob, Angela operates her own remodel, design, and custom carpentry business out of North Carolina, A. Marie Design Build LLC, (www.amariedesignbuild.com) where she works with homeowners to create one of a kind spaces of their dreams.
Move Over Bob is a movement that encourages women to roll up their sleeves and take their place within the industry. It represents confidence, strength and power. Listen to her story ! Subscribe so you don’t miss a beat and if you like what you hear please leave us a review.
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Check out Episode 41 of Mothers In Construction Podcast - Girls Can Do Anything with Mollie Elkman, author of The House That She Built and Amanda Jewell , author of Panda the Project Manager - Builds Her First Home. Both of these ladies have authored books that encourage representation of women in the construction industry through children's literature. It’s important for us to normalize women being in our industry by showing our children it’s possible. Reading about it allows them to dream and explore endless possibilities.
Mollie Elkman is a mom and the owner and president of Group Two, a national full-service marketing partner for home builders. With a deep understanding of new home marketing and a forward-thinking approach, Mollie has helped continue to keep Group Two at the forefront of the industry for over 50 years. She has shared her thoughts with thousands across the housing industry, including business owners, builders, and sales and marketing professionals. Mollie is the author of the children's book, The House that She Built, published by NAHB Builder Books. She is passionate about proactively sharing the successes of those in housing in order to diversify and grow the number of people in the skilled trades.
Amanda Jewell is a mom of two girls, who are growing up around the construction industry and are fascinated by the home building process just like their mom. Her family has been in the home building industry and has been for over 40 years, French Brothers Homes. Amanda's father is currently building his personal home and does not have time to do many of the tasks involved, so he asked her for help. She became Panda the Project Manager. During this building process, and through the family business, Amanda has seen first-hand the challenges women face in construction, as well as the fascination little girls have with home construction.
Additionally, Amanda has a Masters in Mental Health Counseling, and am a Nationally Board Certified Counselor. She has worked with adults, children, and teens individually and facilitated group counselors for teens and adults. With a family history in construction and a background in counseling Amanda combines STEM themes with emotional and social development in children’s literature.
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