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Increasing Diversity Starts with Awareness
When it comes to boosting diversity, equity and inclusion in the building industry, it will require a host of changes, starting with awareness. Awareness comes at many levels, from minorities and young women entering the workforce seeing diversity in leadership positions, to awareness of how technology has changed women’s views and experience… more
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is March 8. According to the IWD site, “The race is on for the gender equal boardroom, a gender equal government, gender equal media coverage, gender equal workplaces, gender equal sports coverage, more gender equality in health and wealth.” This has been a work in progress over several years, but we’re not there yet.… more
Photo: From left, Lakisha A. Woods, President & CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences; Paula Glover, CEO of American Association of Blacks in Energy; Andrea Rutledge, President & CEO of the Construction Management Association of America, and Dawn Sweeney, President & CEO of the National Restaurant Association
It’s not every day that you gather a room full of female executives to talk about tough issues like diversity, inclusion, and management in the nonprofit built environment. But that’s exactly what happened Friday, Oct. 4, when the National Institute of Building Sciences hosted the first Women Executives in Building Summit. “It starts with us,”… more
Women Executives in Buildings
In case you have not heard, the National Institute of Building Sciences is hosting a networking and industry summit to connect some very important people: Female executives from the nonprofit built world. It’s happening this Friday, Oct. 4. Dozens are planning to attend the first annual Women Executives in Building Summit. We hope to open a can… more