Women in Project Controls

International Business – An Engineer’s Story of Curiosity and Travel An Interview with Lucia Vernon

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Meet Lucia Vernon, a Regional Director in Doha, Qatar. Lucia has worked for Quantum Global Solutions for nearly 10 years. She has achieved five promotions since her initial role as a junior planner. Lucia describes the reason for her success as having a foundation in project control and forensic planning and volunteering when opportunities present themselves. So, it is not surprising that Lucia is the 2022 recipient of AACE’s Outstanding Woman in Project Controls award…

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Being Your Own Boss – A Story of Courage and Continuous Learning

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Change is hard. Humans are habit-forming creatures such that when we are comfortable, we like to stay where we are.  The same goes for our careers: once we are established in a company, well recognized by our peers, get paid well, or have become the experts in our field, taking a leap of faith and do something different is not an easy feat…

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Tracy Leung is on a Mission to Achieve Gender Equality in the Workplace

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Hello AACE members! I am Tracy Leung, and I am deeply honored to take on the role of chair of the Women in Project Controls (WIPC) initiative! A big thank you goes to Cindy Whitmill, who has built a strong foundation in the establishment of the WIPC vision. Cindy has rallied so many of you to join this important cause! I look forward to working with you, so let’s start off by telling you a bit about myself…

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Spotlight on Alessandra Mokarzel Ricotta

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Alessandra Mokarzel Ricotta was born in Itajubá, in the state of Minas Gerais, and she has always liked working since she was a young girl. When she was 10 years old, she started selling chocolates in some shops in the city together with her two older sisters. On Saturdays, she used to help her father serve customers at the pharmacy where he was a (business partner). At a very young age she learned how to treat customers and to be responsible with numbers…

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Spotlight on Hanna Radko

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Hanna was born in Kharkiv – a beautiful city in northeast Ukraine – a city full of students, science institutions and vibrant sports and cultural life. In 2013, she graduated from Kharkiv National University of Economics with a master’s degree with honors in applied statistics. Hanna believes that her major in statistics and solid basis in economic sciences set the tone for the early years of her career. From her university days to now, she has always been driven to understand and improve business processes and analyze information to help businesses make the right choices…

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Spotlight on Marnie Masiello

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Marnie Masiello grew up in Westport, Connecticut, with a great deal of family nearby. The sense of closeness she experienced in her early life developed a lifelong deep appreciation for the bonds of family, friends, and colleagues. She greatly values these relationships and does her very best to keep connected. Some of her closest friendships span 50 years…

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Spotlight on Maelyn Uyehara

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Maelyn Uyehara is a principal cost manager for Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB), a global construction consultancy firm. Her more than 25 years of experience in the industry span a variety of project types across Hawaii’s private and public sectors, as well as with US government projects in Japan, Guam, Saipan, Kwajalein, Midway Atoll, American Samoa, Diego Garcia and Korea…

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Spotlight on Courtney Gosewisch

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Courtney’s first introduction to project controls was reading the job description for a cost analyst role for an internship when she was in college. That job description influenced the rest of her studies at Purdue University. As a civil engineering major, she elected to take construction management courses, learning about basic scheduling, cost, and construction law…

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