She Builds

JOIN US AUGUST 24, 2023 FOR SHE BUILDS® COMMUNITY

a Carnival Celebrating Women in Construction

Bridgeport Art Center, Sculpture Garden, 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609

5:00 pM REGISTRATION

5:00 - 8:30 pm Carnival

Our carnival will have Roaming Clowns, Fortune Tellers, Bull Riding, Axe Throwing, High Stryker, Silent Disco Dance Party, 360 Photo Booth, Live DJ, food and open bar

8:30-9:00 PM Carnival concludes

with gifts and special merchandise

ONLY 11% OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS FEMALE

So why don’t we celebrate them? Join your fellow women in construction for the sixth annual She Builds® event, She Builds® Community Carnival.
Tickets $175
Register now
A woman DJ and attendees of a previous She Builds event waving at the camera while on a boat cruise.

Connecting Women
in Construction

She Builds® provides networking opportunities that bring women together from all aspects of the construction industry, from tradeswomen to owner representatives, construction managers and CEOs to project managers, designers and engineers.
Our beneficiaries include:
Girls Garage Logo: G / G Girls Garage. Click to visit their website.

Girls Garage

A nonprofit design and construction school for girls and gender-expansive youth ages 9-18

empowHER Wisconsin Logo: a light purple outline of the state of Wisconsin with an image of a gear and the text 'empowHER Wisconsin'. Click to visit their website.

empowHER Wisconsin

An organization whose strategy and goals include positive, solution-based efforts that exemplify successful careers in the trades

Chicago Women in Trades Logo: linework illustration of women construction workers with text 'Chicago Woman in Trade'. Click to visit their website.

Chicago Women in Trades

A nonprofit dedicated to building economic equity by increasing women’s participation in the skilled trades and other high-wage blue-collar occupations

SHE BUILDS®
EXECUTIVE BOARD

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Catherine Tojaga

P.E., President CT Mechanical

Victoria Navarro Image
Victoria Navarro

Vice President of Design & Construction AdventHealth

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JESSICA SHERWOOD

Vice President of Business Development Leopardo Companies

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Jenny Han

Director of Design Integration The Boldt Company

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Stephanie Stachura

Electrician IBEW Local 134

HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR’S She Builds® EVENT

Check out photos from last year’s ‘She Rocks the Boat’ event!
Black and white photo of a group of seven women posing with a frame that says 'She Builds 2022 #SheRocksTheBoat' with other women in the background.
Black and white photo of a group of four women in front of nighttime Chicago skyline, one woman is speaking into a microphone.
Black and white photo of a group of three women sitting at a table on the river cruise.
Black and white photo of a group of women standing in line to board the She Builds® event on Chicago First Lady Cruises at Dock 4.
Black and white photo of a group of six women taking a selfie, waiting to board the boat.
Black and white photo of Chicago's Leading Lady boat with a She Builds® flag on the bow of the boat.

Hotel Block for She Builds® Community attendees:

Wyndam Chicago McCormick Place
  • Night of August 24th
  • Call the hotel directly at 312.225.7000
  • Book under the block “She Builds”
  • Questions, call Martha at 312.607.9562 or email her at Martha@wyndhamcm.com
  • Cost is $209 + tax.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Your sponsorship provides the opportunity for women in the field of construction to network with the intent to grow their business, career and circle of influence. Proceeds will benefit programs that engage our youth and support women through career pathways and apprenticeship readiness for the construction industry.
BECOME A SPONSOR

The Big Top, $10K

The Spotlight, $7.5K

The Midway, $5K

JLL Logo

The Side Show, $2.5K

Clune Construction Logo
Turner Logo
Porter Pipe Est 1976 Pipe is Our Life Logo

The Step Right Up, $1K

ABB

Bear

Berghammer

Callan Engineers

CKL Engineers

Connelly Electric

Daltile

e-Cube

Elara

Gatwood Crane

Hatchell

Helm Group

Henricksen

McCauley

Nelson Insulation

RC Wegman

Redmond

Schluter Systems

SMACNA

The Hill Group

Trane

Walbec Group

White Cap

Our Awesome Committees

communications

Jess Benson

Boldt

Denise Moy Duffy

Clune Construction

Laura Michel

Trane

Casey Rheaume

EnduraDuct

Virginia Wilson*

Chair

sponsorship

Monica Anderson*

CT Mechanical

Claudia Hurt

Trane

Tammy Krenz

Berghammer Construction

Catherine Tojaga**

CT Mechanical

Hetal Lee*

JLL, Chair

Victoria Navarro**

AdventHealth

logistics

Jess Chonich

Uncharted Advisory Group

Tiffany Johnsen*

Evergreen Supply, Co-Chair

Kaylee Knorr

Leopardo Companies

Bridget Kraus

Walbec Group

Loranne May

Connelly Electric

Jess Sherwood**

Leopardo Companies

Amanda Wood*

Dal-Tile Corporation, Co-Chair

membership

Emily Hurd

Henricksen

Jenna Jordan

ECS Midwest

Tiffany May*

Berghammer, Chair

registration

Jenny Han**

Boldt

Stephanie Stachura**

IBEW Local 134

finance

Alissa Peeters*

Tri City National Bank

*Board             **Executive Board

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