CHARTERING CEREMONY HELD FOR BLACK WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION

The National Association of Black Women In Construction (NABWIC) held a chartering ceremony on Thursday, November 10, 2016, for the NW Chapter, covering the Tampa Bay Area. The noon ceremony was held at Nova Southeastern University. The organization’s mission statement says in part that it was “founded to increase the national awareness of Black women in the construction industry…” Those who attended the chartering ceremony, left to right: Mario Perra, Ambient Tech; Terri Suttle, GSI Janitorial Services, LLC; Linda Porter, Skanska USA, Inc.; Katina McClinton, Fresh Start Development; Deborah Thomas, DKT Consulting; Mercedes Young, Vivid Consulting Group; Robyn Donaldson, Renew Construction Services; Virgil Perry, CDC of Tampa, Inc./Tampa Vocation/Network 32 Access Group, LLC; Michelle Kelly and Sherena Woods, both of Promise Care, LLC. Members not shown: Fernando Alejo, Thomas Huggins, Thomas Hill, Patrick Aliju, Carol Ransom, Kim Jackson, Michelle Blaylock and Pat Wallace. (Photograph courtesy of Dominique King, Nova Southeastern University)