Women in Building
Marybeth Colpitts probably doesn’t have any haters, but if she did, she’d likely let them know she’s not fazed by being a construction assistant superintendent in a man’s world. More than 227,000 construction jobs exist in the DFW region, but only about 11 percent of such jobs nationwide are held by women, according to the…
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Sit down with Katie Youngblood for a few minutes and there will be no question about her passion in life. It’s land. “I started my homebuilding career in finance at Gehan Homes and in my first few months, I sat in on a land meeting where new opportunities are brought to a committee for review,”…
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There’s a simple reason why Jennifer Clarke Johnson has pushed forward in a profession where she doesn’t look like the other industry leaders. “It’s for our daughters,” said the 45-year-old businesswoman. Johnson is one of the leading women in the building industry tapped to join the Dallas Builders Association’s Professional Women in Building committee. The…
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