2024 Women in Construction: Ashley Dunn, Dyer Brown & Associates

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?  We have launched a program of integrating comprehensive workplace consulting services into all client engagements, which has bolstered our women-led, LGBT-owned firm’s reputation as thought leaders and innovators

2024 Women in Construction: Danielle Reese, JH Spain Commercial Services, LLC

What has been the driving force behind your success in the AEC industry?  Every day I am afforded audience with professionals in multiple industries. I get to work on collaborative projects to positively impact quality of life for New Hampshire including healthcare, education, civics, housing and the arts.

2024 Women in Construction: Robin Preston, John B. Cruz Construction Co. | Cruz Development Corp.

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? Our team’s work to complete Michael E. Haynes Arms in Roxbury, Mass. – named for the famed civil rights leader and minister – delivers an 85,000 s/f, brick-clad building with 55 residences

2024 Women in Construction: Shelley Donaghey, Metropolitan Cabinets & Countertops

What has been the driving force behind your success in the AEC industry? My driving force in the construction industry stems from professionalism, empathy, and unwavering determination. Working for Metropolitan Cabinets & Countertops, a family-owned business, has provided an environment

2024 Women in Construction: Elizabeth Peabody, The Architectural Team

What are your goals for the future? As a successful, rising female architect, I do not want to be an anomaly. My hope for the future is to be a positive influence within the architectural profession, striving for gender equality where the advancement of talented women in the industry is the standard, not the exception.

2024 Women in Construction: Melissa Mayhew, Aceto Acoustics

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? My greatest professional achievement is taking on this new role here at Aceto Acoustics! With over 18 years of invaluable experience at Metro Walls, Aceto Acoustics sister company, I learned how a business operates,

2024 Women in Construction: Mahreana Hopson, TFMoran, Inc.

What has been the driving force behind your success in the AEC industry? I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for the mentors I have had along the way. They have provided me with the tools and confidence I needed to be successful in my career. I believe that everyone can benefit from a mentor-mentee relationship

2024 Women in Construction: Iramis Luz Audet, Ci Design, Inc.

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? I attribute the success of my 24-year career to my network. This network is a combination of leaders, peers, life-long mentors, and friends. I feel humbled that I am able to surround myself with incredible humans

2024 Women in Construction: Amee Dhoria, Ci Design, Inc.

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? My most notable project in the past year was the opportunity to create the workplace strategy for the State of Massachusetts. This large-scale, complex project involved master planning, consolidating several buildings

2024 Women in Construction: Keirsten Deegan, Ci Design, Inc.

What has been the driving force behind your success in the AEC industry?  I really love what I do! I find the projects fascinating – I get to learn all about how companies make products that affect people’s everyday lives.