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2020 Women in Real Estate: Gina Mishel, President at L.J. Mishel Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Gina Mishel
L.J. Mishel Electrical Contractors, Inc.

How have you been networking during the lockdown? Networking during lockdown through The Blue Book, NECA, General Contractors, and IBEW Local 103.

What aspects of working from home have you enjoyed most? Working from home has meant more time spent with children and grandchildren. One of the few gifts during the pandemic.

What is the best advice you have received, and who was it from? Best advice from my father when I started business: Don’t lose track of what is most important, your family, if you want success. 

What honor, achievement or recognition means the most to you and why? I take great satisfaction being a contracting and working member of IBEW Local 103 and the responsibility and opportunity that comes with it. I’ve met a vast and unique group of people, many who are now close friends and confidants.

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