Leading and Building Our Future

FEBRUARY 2023

Silicon Valley Members: 73

PRESIDENT'S LETTER

Hello NAWIC Silicon Valley Chapter #99 members,

I can’t believe January is over and we are already well on our way into February filled with lots of hearts and love. Remember to love yourself first, and always take care of yourself. As women, it is in our nature to always take care of everyone else and we can’t do that if we are not taking care of ourselves.

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CHAPTER MEETINGS & EVENTS

All events with details are posted on our website

For a calendar showing our annual plan, scroll further down the page.

FEBRUARY MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Risk Management

Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 5:30 PM

Robert A. Bothman Construction - 2690 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara

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This months' speaker, Carrie MacIntosh, VP of Legal & Risk Management at Rosendin Electric, will present best practices for risk management and mitigation.

SVCTE College & Career Fair | Feb 17th
NAWIC Silicon Valley Presentation @ E-Contractor Academy hosted by Emerald Cities | Feb 22nd
Board of Directors | Mar 1st
WIC Week | March 5th-11th
Membership Meeting | Mar 22nd
Fundraiser | Casino Night in July 2023. We are starting to plan now, and looking for volunteers. Email Shawna to sign up!

REGIONAL EVENTS

Events with details are posted on the PNW website

PNW joint PD&E/DE&I webinar series on Authentic Leadership featuring Amy McKenna, Founder & CEO of HumanPoint | Mar 23rd Register Here

PNW Spring Forum - Hotel Captain Cook | Anchorage, Alaska | May 5-6, 2023. Click Here for more info. Interested in attending? The Board is offering reimbursements to members who register by Feb 28th. Email President Angie for consideration.

To see last month's Town Hall Meeting Click Here

NATIONAL EVENTS

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2023 NAWIC 68th Annual Conference - Portland, OR | August 9-12, 2023

MEMBERSHIP MEETING RECAP

January is the perfect time to set goals and create a vision - and we did just that! At our membership meeting this month, Joie Kya led a fun night of inspiration, story telling, and creating vision boards. We look forward to seeing our goals come to life as we support each other!

Be sure to check out pics on Instagram & LinkedIn.

MEETING MINUTES - January '23

WIC WEEK!

Click here to check out all the events Chapter 99 is presenting to celebrate YOU - Women In Construction!

NAWIC APPAREL

Want to show your support of NAWIC? Buy some merch!

National NAWIC Store (new stickers)

NAWIC Apparel

NAWIC Supplies Store

BLOCK KIDS

Check out our Block Kids event! Click Here

On January 20th, we led a group of amazing kids to promote creativity and curiosity about the construction industry. Using blocks and other materials, they created some pretty impressive structures they imagined in the construction world. We hope this inspires them to consider a construction career in the future!

MEMBER BENEFITS

Did you know that as a NAWIC Member, you get access to benefits to further your careers such as:

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

Jamie Aron – 2/9

Jenice Condie – 2/2

Amy Pacheco – 2/7

Robin Van Fossen 2/27

CHAPTER 99 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Joan Bremer works at Rosendin Electric as a Supplier/Subcontractor Program Manager; In addition, she serves as The Grant Making Committee Chairperson for The Rosendin Foundation. She has been a member of NAWIC for 2 years and has been working in construction for 6.5 years. Click here to read more!

NEW MEMBERS - Click Name for LinkedIn Profile

JoAnn Cruz | Marketing Manager at Rosendin Electric
Mary Roman | Purchasing Agent at O.C. McDonald Co.
Michele Ross | CEO at FourSite LLC
Sara Fuentes | President at Smart Waste
Tiffany Morales | COO at RentAFence.com

WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS

Check out our list of Women Owned Businesses! Click here

Do you know any Women Owned Businesses? Let's add them to the list! Fill out this form to submit.

SCVTE COLLEGE CAREER FAIR

Chapter 99 will have a table at the Silicon Valley Career Technical Education Career Fair!

We are looking for volunteers! Please email Shawna to sign up.

E-CONTRACTOR ACADEMY

This is a FREE 6-week workshop series in Oakland to help small, disadvantaged, and local construction contractors succeed.

We are proud to have some of our Chapter 99 members featured as speakers.

TURNER SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION

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HEALTH & SAFETY

Complacency occurs when workers are unaware of the actual dangers on the job or feel like they are so familiar with the task at hand that there is no chance they can be hurt, even if they skip important safety steps. Click here to read more about avoiding complacency in the workplace.