NAWIC Installs 2016-2017 National President, New Board Members

FORT WORTH, Texas – The National Association of Women in Construction installed Connie Leipard, CIT, as its 62nd National President during NAWIC’s recent Annual Meeting and Education Conference. Leipard, owner of Quality Drywall Construction, has been a member of NAWIC’s Central Missouri Chapter since 1995.

Leipard’s goals for the upcoming year include providing training resources for chapter leaders and individual members to promote personal, professional and association growth, continuing succession planning for the upcoming retirement of NAWIC’s executive vice president and implementing a national marketing program.

Leipard’s theme for her year in office is “Support – Encourage – Grow.” This encompasses what NAWIC is all about—enhancing the success of women in the construction industry. She wants to, “remind members of the opportunities we have through NAWIC to make a difference in the industry and for the women employed in it. As we support, encourage and grow, the influence of women in the industry will increase.”

NAWIC also installed officers President-Elect Catherine D. Schoenenberger, Granite State Chapter, New Hampshire; Vice President Dove Sifers-Putman, CBT, Charlotte, North Carolina Chapter; Treasurer Anne Pfleger, CIT, Lima, Ohio Area Chapter; Secretary Diane I. Mike, CBT, Fort Worth, Texas Chapter and Immediate Past President Riki F. Lovejoy, CBT, CIT, Greater Orlando, Florida Chapter.

In addition to the officers, the NAWIC board is comprised of a director from each of the association’s eight regions. Each director serves a two-year term and is elected by her peers to bring the wishes and needs of the chapters to the attention of the association. New directors installed include:

• Midwest Region Director Vickie Nickel, CIT, Greater Kansas City, Missouri Chapter
• North Central Region Director Jenny Mangas, Cincinnati, Ohio Chapter
• Northeast Region Director Doreen Bartoldus, P.E., CCM, Lower Hudson, New York Chapter
• Pacific Southwest Region Director Elizabeth M. Teramoto, CIT, Las Vegas, Nevada Chapter

NAWIC region directors serving the second year of their term include:

• Pacific Northwest Region Director Ruth Fritts, Boise, Idaho Chapter
• South Atlantic Region Director Lorie Lythgoe, Richmond, Virginia Chapter
• South Central Region Director Dena Rowland, Fort Worth, Texas Chapter
• Southeast Region Director Angelia McElroy, CIT, Tampa, Florida Chapter

Photo courtesy of NAWIC.