![]() The Partnership for Women is the company’s first employee resource group and focuses on removing barriers to success for women in the construction industry. In addition to her duties in the preconstruction department, Colleen leads the McCarthy Partnership for Women in McCarthy’s Southern Region where she is focused on attracting and developing female talent in the construction industry and at McCarthy. Most of Colleen’s experience is in the transportation sector, however, she has also worked on solar, site work, water & wastewater, and marine projects. In addition to this work, Colleen manages a team of estimators and is responsible for their development and introduction to new scopes of work and project types. In this role, Colleen leads the civil estimating department, where work is priced and procured in heavy civil markets. She became a full-time estimator in 2009 and has worked her way up to Senior Preconstruction Director. ![]() She began her career at McCarthy in 2007 as an intern in San Antonio, TX. She is married with two kids and obsessed with throwing fun, themed parties.Ĭolleen is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso, with a degree in Civil Engineering. She is also the author of the best-selling Build Boldly: Chart your unique career path and lead with courage. Bolanle is a board member of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF). She holds a Masters in Education & Social Policy from NYU, Masters in Applied Mathematics, and a Bachelors in Mathematics from the City University of New York, Hunter College. Bolanle is passionate about service and is the founder of several impact organizations:īefore her current position at Mancini, she served five years as a Senior Project Accountant at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and five years as Project Accountant at HLW. She is a dynamic leader within the AEC industry who has been a guest panelist for the American Institute of Architects' Women's Leadership Summit, National Organization of Minority Architects 47th Conference, and Mother Honestly Summit. Her clients include American Airlines, Soho House, Brooklyn Nets, Boqueria, Verizon, and NBC Sports Group. At her core, she thrives on building relationships between finance and management teams to ensure the overall financial success of projects and her firm. She has over 15 years of experience working in the AEC industry with a strong background in financial analysis and strategic initiatives. Next year, I hope my selection job is harder because more businesses have woken up to the need to center environmental and climate justice in decision-making.Bolanle Williams-Olley is the CFO and co-owner at Mancini Duffy, a national design firm with a 100+-year-old history and tech-forward approach based in New York City, where she oversees the firm's financial and operational performance. Most still equate this with #DEI, but that's only a small fraction of what needs attention. ![]() A confession: This list was harder to assemble than past editions because not enough corporations have made this connection yet. ![]() This year's list has a twist: I've highlighted 10 women who are explicitly marrying #corporatesustainability strategy with #environmentaljustice or #climatejustice. Joy because I appreciate learning about uncelebrated heroines and anxiety because I know I could increase the list exponentially and still fail to celebrate every feminine leader in #climateaction who should be celebrated. It gives me enormous joy - and anxiety! - to pull together the #badasswomen in #sustainability list for GreenBiz Group every year on #internationalwomensday. ![]()
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