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Kristen Quinn has fond memories of helping with daily chores on her grandfather’s farm, where she grew used to working outside and being around equipment.

Since starting her career as an accounting assistant at Corporate Contractors Inc. more than 25 years ago, Tonya Waldsmith has worked as its comptroller, HR specialist, accountant, senior accountant, and project and safety coordinator.

For more than 25 years at CCI, Lesia Burzinski has seen the company grow in many ways.

Amanda Mann started her career with an eye on design and little thought about how things were built. Now wiith nearly 30 years now at Kohler Co., her perspective has changed.

Jessica Benson got her first taste of the trades during a workforce-development seminar sponsored by WRTP/Big Step. The event allowed Benson to discuss various career options with trades representatives.

Roberta Oldenburg grew up in a family of contractors and studied architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. So she knew from an early age that, to be a great designer, she would have to understand construction.

Collin Zuehlke wanted to work in construction but wasn’t sure in which sector until his participation in several job shadows in high school helped him decide.

Jac Weitzel earned a degree in graphic design from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and worked in the field for a while, but found it wasn’t fueling her fire. She then moved to Madison to figure out her next steps in life and got a “random” job painting.

A job shadow at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation when he was 16 drew Colten Tuescher to civil engineering.

Before helping to found DOZR in Kitchener, Ontario, six years ago, Erin Stephenson found herself running a family-owned landscape construction business.