Women Talk Construction Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Liz Walsh, President of WBEC-East (Women's Business Enterprise Center - East), an organization that advocates for women business owners and entrepreneurs in Pennsylvania, from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, as well as Delaware and Southern New Jersey. Liz believes that if you don’t look forward to coming to your job, you’re in the w...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Demi Clark, founder of She Built This City, empowering women+ & girls in trades with onboard programs. Clark is one of only 2% certified Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) in Construction with her company Spark Building Group - with an emphasis on welding/metal fabrication & general contracting. She tells us about her journey t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Kimberly Morgan and Jessica McCoy from GirlUP GVL, a free life enrichment program, helping young girls in the Greenville, SC area rise up to their full potential and to know their true worth and value. GirlUp GVL was founded in 2019 but these ladies have been mentoring teens and young adults for many years now.  We hear why the much-n...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Angela and Christi speak with Stacie Alexiou, CEO of Watt + Flux, an LED inspire company. Stacie carved her early Engineering experiences in the Merchant Marine aboard a ship sailing to 30 countries before she was 25 while training as a hands-on Engineer. She describes what that journey was like and we hear how she overcame so many obstacles that may cause the ave...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Kristin Meyer, the CEO and co-owner of Southern Crafted Shutters, an exterior shutter manufacturer and retailer out of the Upstate of South Carolina. Kristin is passionate about team development so, we had to get her on the podcast to get some insight into her process. Hear how her journey to get where she and her husband are today -...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Lisa Obrien and Kassy Slaughter from Procore, an all-in-one construction management software built to help you finish quality projects—safely, on time, and within budget. Lisa is the Director, Industry Culture for Procore Technologies supporting the conversation around culture change in the construction industry while Kassy leads Proc...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Amy Messersmith, Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer of Builders FirstSource where she is responsible for collaborating with the executive team, senior management, and field leadership to ensure human resources works to meet the needs of our people and our business. Amy shares with us so much wisdom about communication...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Angela and Christi interview Peter Tateishi. CEO of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of California where he is responsible for bringing to life the mission of the organization which believes the construction industry is vital to the success of California. Tateishi and AGC have been positively making a lot of buzz across the nation and have emerged as leade...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Amy Smiley, Vice President of Marketing for 84 Lumber, who has been with the company since January of 2016. As head of marketing, Amy leads all creative, media buying, public relations, events, and digital media for the brand. With all of the knowledge and experience that Amy has with marketing, we get to pick her brain about her proc...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela interview Alicia Huey, president of AGH Homes, Inc., a custom home-building company she founded in 2000. Alicia is also the NAHB’s 2023 Chairman of the Board of Directors NAHB (National Association of Home Builders). NAHB represents the largest network of craftsmen, innovators, and problem solvers dedicated to building and enriching communities....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Jasper Baldwin, a female high school student currently enrolled in the Enoree Career Center (ECC). The ECC offers students the opportunity to take industry-certified courses built on skill-driven instruction and standards. Jasper has been participating in the firefighting program, a course is based on the learning objectives listed in...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela are guests on the "Laying Foundations' podcast with Davis & Walker. This gives our team the opportunity to do a crossover podcast in which hosts from each podcast get to ask questions. This makes for a fun question-and-answer session from two like-minded podcasts in that, both podcast platforms are on a mission to share the voices...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Angela and Christi speak with Scott Witt, CFO of Superior Construction. As a member of the executive leadership team, Scott is instrumental in developing financial strategies. He works closely with division and department leaders to design and implement outcomes that enhance our overall organizational performance. Witt tells us about the programs that he and his t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Anglea speak with Keith Williams from Skill Stadium, an online platform that connects employers with skilled trades professionals leveraging video to ensure a good match. Skill Stadium provides a roadmap to careers in the skilled trades backed with essential resources in one convenient location. Williams created Skill Stadium to fill a gap and make it...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela interview Gina Schaefer, founder and Co-CEO of 13 hardware stores in Washington, DC, and the surrounding areas.  As a member of the Ace Hardware Cooperative, Gina leads a multimillion-dollar business that employs 300 people. Gina has an amazing story of how she opened her first hardware store and how she went about hiring individuals in the comm...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Deborah Bradley from DBC (Deborah Bradley Construction) a full-service General Contractor, Electrical Contractor, and Construction Management Consultant, specializing in site and civil contracting, electrical power and communications, and building interiors. Deborah is committed to teaching and mentoring young women entering the const...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with the amazing women of PWB (Professional Women in Building) - Pittsburgh Chapter. The group is currently led by Heater Dieckmann of SSB Bank, Maria Wilson of Wilson Architecture + Design, and Candice Giel Brown of Thomas V. Giel Garage Doors but currently has 10 women in total in the organization.  The primary focus is to help local wom...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Virginia Murphy, CEO/Owner of WWIS (Waste Water Industrial Solutions). Murphy worked hard to get to where she is but this position wasn't necessarily on her radar. She tells us how important her mentors were to her in helping to guide her on her journey and how their encouragement and support kept her going when she was ready to...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela interview Ron Nussbaum, owner/operator of the Nuttnest, a software platform that was created to transform your customer service as a contractor. Ron talks about how the construction industry as a whole has become complacent with the lack of communication between management and employees and employees' communication with the customer. He cre...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Audree Grubesic, owner of Modular Sure Site, an Off-Site Construction Management Service company. Audree speaks about the benefits of using offsite building products such as modular panels used in building homes versus the traditional way that we've been using for hundreds of years. This podcast episode opened my eyes to this fas...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Hayden Abrevaya from Billd Construction out of Austin, Texas. Hayden is passionate about marketing in the construction industry and Billd gave him the opportunity to do what he loves. We hear Hayden's story about how he got to this point in his career as well as some of the amazing projects he was involved with on his journey. He...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Angela and Christi speak with Tatsuya Nakagawa, the Co-Founder and CEO of Castagra Products, a sustainable roof coating manufacturing company. Tatsuya (Tats for short) is also the host of his own popular C-Suite Network podcast, Specified Growth Podcast. This podcast was a crossover podcast similar in fashion to some of the other podcasts we have done in the past...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Angela and Christi speak with Steve Foushee, owner and operator of P+F (Prescott & Foushee) Construction in the upstate of South Carolina. Foushee tells us about how and why he started P+F with his friend and co-owner Will (Prescott) stating, that they couldn't find a company with the values and morals that both Steve and Will were wanting to be a part of...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Kate Rieling from Vertical Earth, a civil/site work contractor in the Metro Atlanta Area. Kate has been boots-on-the-ground for many years in the construction industry and currently manages several site work projects so she has a lot of experience being a woman in a non-traditional role. Kate tells us about her journey to get to where...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: Christi and Angela speak with Cindy Cipriani from Cipriani Remodeling Solutions in Mt. Laurel, NJ. Cipriani is also an award-winning author of the Amazon best-selling book, “The 5C Solution: Discover Clarity and Confidence in Times of Change” and is a certified grief recovery specialist. She talks with us about her book and how the 5 C's (Clarity, Commit, Cha...