Who is behind the homes of Santa Barbara? The professional builders and contractors may not always be exactly who you’d think. On March 6, the Santa Barbara Contractors Association held a panel discussion at the Cabrillo Pavilion entitled “Women in Construction.”
The event was moderated by Tim Sulgar, SBCA Executive Director, who introduced the evening by saying, “For every woman on this panel, they built something: a firm, a practice, or a role, that did not exist before they created it.” In Santa Barbara, women are building homes and paths that did not exist before.
The keynote speaker was Kelly Wheeler, Licensed Civil Engineer and Founder of BridgeDoc, with over 20 years in construction. Panel members included Christi Clayton, President of Projects General Construction, Alyssa Perez, Founder & CEO of APE Structural Engineering, and Rainy Dyer, Managing Partner of Deco Drywall & Plaster…