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What is your position within your company?
I am executive vice president of Tremco CPG Inc., Beachwood, Ohio.

Why did you become involved in the roofing industry?
I was working for a corporation that used Tremco as its roofing supplier, and my position was being relocated out of state and I was just about to start a family. Our sales representative offered me the opportunity to continue to support the company but as a vendor. I got to work at home for years and start a family; it was a win-win.

What is the most unusual roofing project of which you have been a part?
After Hurricane Katrina, we replaced the roof system on the military commissary in Gulfport, Miss., and participated in the interior cleanup and rebuild. It was rewarding and humbling to see that type of devastation and be part of the rebuild.

What’s your favorite roofing material to work with? Why?
I always have been on the operations side, and my favorite element is designing a program to save an existing roof system instead of tearing it off.

People would be surprised to know ...
I spend 6-8 weeks baking for Christmas each year.

What was your first roofing experience?
Outside of managing customers, I went to a job site to start training as a construction manager. My manager wanted us to get on the roof, which involved an 80-foot ladder. (I might be exaggerating, but it was definitely two stories and moved too much.) Needless to say, I didn’t go up the ladder and used an interior stairwell instead. We are not all mentally built for that type of climb.

What is your roofing industry involvement?
I currently serve on NRCA’s Global Advisory Committee. I am a member of National Women in Roofing and the company representative for Tremco’s diamond sponsorship. I also have served as a board member for National Women in Roofing. I have attended Roofing Day in D.C. several times representing National Women in Roofing and Tremco.

My favorite part about working in the roofing industry is ...
The diverse opportunities anyone can have with hard work and drive. You can learn so much about many things (construction, products, procurement, global economic conditions, finance and cultural differences). It is never the same from day to day or year to year.

What do you consider your most rewarding experience?
My team and I developed a program at Tremco to provide college educations to construction management students with no strings attached. We expanded the program to the Department of Corrections to provide roofing careers to restored citizens. Watching these programs expand and affect peoples’ lives, including some of Tremco’s employees, is definitely one of the best things I have ever been a part of.

What’s the most exciting/adventurous thing you’ve done?
Walked on a glacier in Alaska

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A teacher

If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Why?
Teleportation—I enjoy traveling, but I wish I could get places faster.

What quality do you most admire in a person?
I admire people who have the natural ability to be influential in anything they do.

What is your favorite stress reliever?
My bulldogs!