(Pictured Left to Right, Front to Back)
Lia Tatevosian, Michelle Garcia, Shaabini Alford
, Lucy Villanueva, Sammi Maya, Elle Navarro,, Kasie Bowden, Amanda Corbet,
Holly Cindell, Kathlynn Smith, LaDrena Dansby, Sarah Creighton, Jessica Drake,
Nancy Goldman
Newport Beach, CA (Feb. 21, 2013) – Sarah Creighton
and Holly Cindell of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. of Newport Beach
are among a group of pioneering women from Southern California construction,
architecture and engineering companies to begin WiOPS—a new professional
organization geared specifically toward women in construction operations.
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| Holly Cindell |
Creighton and Cindell were named co-chairman for the new
organization which aims at mentoring women working in the operations side of
construction.
“Women make up less than 10% of the construction workforce
with an even smaller number in professional and managerial positions,” said
Sarah Creighton, vice president operations, education services for McCarthy
Building Companies of Newport Beach.
“There are other industry organizations
out there for women in construction, but none of them are tailored to women in
construction operations roles. We started WiOPS to fill that gap.”
This past summer, Creighton and Cindell joined with 13 other
women in likeminded careers to set up a board and establish goals and a mission
for WiOPS. As a result, the group determined their primary goal will be to
facilitate mentorship of up and coming women in the construction, architecture
and engineering professions.
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| Sarah Carr Creighton |
The WiOPS founding board members include: Co-chairmen, Holly
Cindell and Sarah Creighton, McCarthy; Vice Chairman, Nancy Goldman, Jezowski
& Markel; Secretary, Kasie Bowden, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.;
Treasurers, Lia Tatevosian, Swinerton Builders and Lucy Villanueva, McCarthy;
Membership, Amanda Corbet, McCarthy and Events Coordinator, Shaabini Alford,
Murray Company.
Other WiOPS members instrumental to the group’s founding
include: Bernadette Reyes, Clark Construction Group; LaDrena Dansby, USC
Capital Construction Development; Elle Navarro and Michelle Garcia, Hensel
Phelps Construction Co.; Sammi Maya, McCarthy; Jessica Drake, Swinerton
Builders and Kathlynn Smith, Hunt Ortman and founder of SmartGirls and
SmartGirls’ Guide to Construction Law.
WiOPS membership is open to women and men in construction,
architecture and engineering industries serving in operations, managerial,
estimating, engineering and design career paths.
For a complete
copy of the company’s news release, please contact:
Laura Mickelson
(LM
Communications)
(949) 453-0851
