Women in Construction

Date Time Subject Location

2008

February 19 6:00pm "Perfecting Your Written Communications for Connecting with Your Target Customers" with Beth Bryant Wentworth Institute of Technology
550 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

March 18 6:00pm "Public Speaking: Part II" with Ethan Becker Wentworth Institute of Technology
550 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

April 17 6:00pm Annual Bowling Fundraiser Boston Bowl

May 20 6:00pm "Self Defense" with Trooper Jeremiah Donovan Wentworth Institute of Technology
550 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

June 19 (Thursday) 6:00pm Scholarship Presentation and "Wardrobe Advice for the Woman in Construction" with Sarah Venier Wentworth Institute of Technology
550 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

August 7 - Les Zygmate's Wine and Cheese Event -

Sept 16 (Tuesday) 6:00pm Shannon O'Brien "Navigating a Winning Career Path" (Annual Meeting) Wentworth

September 17 (Wednesday) 4:30pm ABC/NAWIC/MMCA
Meet the Generals Networking Event Madison Park High School, Roxbury Crossing, MA

October 23 (Thursday) 6:00pm A Night with John Palmeri, Director of Boston Redevelopment Authority MIT

November 8 (Saturday) - Region #14 Annual Planning Conference Portland, Maine

November 11 6:00pm "Project Estimating from Different Perspectives" A Panel Discussion sponsored by Holland & Knight Wentworth

November 18-20 - Build Boston BuildBoston.com

December 11 - NAWIC Booth at The Massachusetts Conference for Women - www.MAConferenceForWomen.org Boston Convention Center

2007

February 20 6:00pm "Asbestos - New Laws" - Patty Riley. MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

March 20 6:00pm "HVAC 101 "
John Saad - Vanderwiel Engineering. MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

April 19 Bowling Fundraiser

May 15 6:00pm Zorica Pantic - President of Wentworth at Wentworth

June 19 6:00pm "Financial Issues" - Paula Harris
Annual Scholarship Awards MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

September 18 6:00pm -Judith Nitsch, of Nitsch Engineering
-Installation of NAWIC officers MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

October 16 6:00pm
"12 Secrets to Successful Marketing"
Kevin Lister - Paradigm Strategies
Judi Baxter - Regional Director of NAWIC
MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

Nov. 13-15 AM-PM Build Boston World Trade Center

December 11 AM-PM Massachusetts Conference for Women (Booth) Convention Center

2006

Feb. 21, 2006 6:00pm "Does Your Life Feel Like a Juggling Act?"
Claudette Rowley - MetaVoice. MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

March 21, 2006 6:00pm Green Building - LEED
Deb Pereira - Gilbane. MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

April 18, 2006 6:00pm "Organize Your Space, Time, & Life"
Clarissa Rodriguez - A New Beginning. MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

May 9, 2006 6:00pm Bowling (details forthcoming)
-Scholarship Fundraiser Event

June 20, 2006 6:00pm "Speech Improvement" and Scholarship Awards presentation
Ethan Becker - Speech Improvement Co. MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

August, 2006

Sept. 12, 2006 6:00pm "Wage Gap"
Evelyn Murphy - Wage Project MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

Oct. 10, 2006 6:00pm "Chilled Beams"
Joint meeting with ASHRAE Doubletree Hotel Waltham , MA

Oct 20-21, 2006 6:00pm NAWIC Region 14 Fall Planning Conference Freeport, ME

Nov. 14 -16, 2006 6:00pm Build Boston 2006

Cheryl Kay - "Connecting Through Professional Organizations"

Jennifer Weiss Donovan - "Career Building With Six Degrees of Connection" Seaport World Trade Center

Dec. 12, 2006 5:00pm Holiday Cocktail Celebration Lucky's Lounge,
A-Street & Congress St, Boston

2005

Sept. 20, 2005 6:00pm "Let's Play Ball - Renovations to Fenway Park"
Janet Marie Smith - Boston Red Sox MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

Oct. 11, 2005 5:30pm "Understanding Waterhammer in Steam Systems"
Joint Meeting with ASHRAE - featuring Wayne P. Kirsner DoubleTree Suites
Waltham, MA

Nov. 15, 2005 6:00pm "How to Deal with Moisture Problems on Costruction Sites."
Nancy Salter - Frontline MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

Dec. 20, 2005 6:00pm "Stressors and How to Deal With Them."
Natalie Camper - Camper Group MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA

2004

Jan. 15, 2004 6:00pm "Murder Mystery Holiday Extravaganza." Radisson Hotel
Stuart Street, Boston

February 17 2004 6:00pm "Mold Litigation."
Leah Rochwarg of Gadsby Hannah LLP MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Leah A. Rochwarg, a partner at Gadsby Hannah, LLP, in Boston will be joining us to discuss legal ramifications of mold. Ms. Rochwarg has spoken about this topic on several occasions including seminars on “Solving Water Intrusion and Mold Problems” and “Mold-Hazard or Hysteria?” Join us to learn about the latest updates on this issue, and enjoy the opportunity to ask Ms. Rochwarg about the legal perspective of mold problems and her opinions.

March 16, 2004 6:00pm “On Being Unstoppable:
Learn to Empower Yourself and
Harness Your Greatest Attributes”
Lynn Donohue MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts

In honor of “Women in Construction Week” this March, NAWIC Boston Chapter is thrilled to welcome Lynn Donohue, a pioneer bricklayer, consultant, speaker, and author. Lynn transformed herself from a high-school dropout to a self-made millionaire and will share the way in which her passion for masonry helped her to find the inner calm and personal strength to triumph in an industry dominated almost entirely by men. Her presentation will encourage us to realize that true success lies in the ability to eliminate negativity and fear by channeling personal strengths, enhancing self-esteem, and maintaining a positive outlook.

April 20, 2004 6:00pm “Understanding Owner Controlled Insurance Programs”
Eastern Insurance Group MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Are you curious about “Owner Controlled Insurance Programs (OCIP’s)?” Would you like to know why they are increasing in popularity? What are the advantages and disadvantages for Owners? How do they affect project time frame? Perhaps you’re interested in how they provide owners with cost savings on large construction programs, or the benefits to contractors and subcontractors? Mark your calendar for April 20th when Eastern Insurance Group will address NAWIC Boston to explain this insurance procurement option.

May 18, 2004 6:00pm “Inspiring Marketing”
Susan Wonderly
MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Susan Wonderly, entrepreneur and marketer, specializing in the A/E/C industry will offer her inspirational and motivational suggestions on what really works. Discover the hidden secrets to successful public relations and how to devise and implement the right strategies for you and your company. Susan has given seminars to a number of organizations including the Boston Society of Architects and the Association of General Contractors.

June 15, 2004 6:00pm “Avoiding OSHA Violations”
Grace Applegate, President of Applegate Associates MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts

After serving in the prior Bush administration under Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole as labor liaison for OSHA, Grace started a business 12 years ago that is now the tenth largest independent Safety consultant firm in the nation. If you would like to know more about OSHA history, regulations and safety planning, NAWIC will host a program in June that you will not want to miss. Whether you come into this industry from the perspective of contractor, designer, litigator, insurer, or otherwise, you will want to attend this meeting to hear Grace talk about her company’s experiences helping contractors create safe work sites, and her own experiences as a woman business owner.

Summer 2004 NAWIC Annual Golf Tournament

Sept. 21, 2004 6:00pm Guest Speaker: Noriko Miyakoda Hall
MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ms. Hall comes before NAWIC as Vice President and Director of Preconstruction Services at Tishman Construction Corporation of New England. She has been involved in several high profile projects in Boston such as the Central Artery Tunnel Project, Logan Airport Modernization Project, Boston Convention Center and Exhibition Hall, and the South Station Transportation Center.
Ms. Hall will speak, specifically, how she became involved in the construction industry as an estimator. She will further explain her intimate knowledge of the many facets of estimating and cost analysis.
Ms. Hall is also a past winner of the Pinnacle Award, presented by the Woman’s Network of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, that recognizes the accomplishments of women in metro Boston who have achieved excellence in business and management. She was also named one of Boston’s 40 under 40 by the Boston Business Journal. Ms. Hall is also involved in NEWIRE, AACA (Asian American Civic Association), Greater Boston Chamber’s Women’s Network and New Bostonians for the Mayor’s office.
This meeting will also feature the NAWIC Boston Chapter’s installation of the 2004-2005 Officers and Directors.

Oct. 12, 2004 Joint meeting with ASHRAE Guest Suites Hotel in Waltham