Exexutive Vice President

CBG Building Company

David Tapparo has over 29 years of experience in the construction industry as well as four years of active service in the U.S. Marine Corps as an officer. Mr. Tapparo's positions with several major co...

Partner

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

David Owen is Chair of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP's Construction Practice Group and Co-Chair of the firm's Energy Team. He concentrates his practice in construction where he represents contractors, subcontractors, engineers and owners in private and government contract matters....

Past President

National Association of Women in Construction-Las Vegas/Sales Coordinator, Desert Companies USLBM

Debbie Mello has been a member of the Las Vegas Chapter of NAWIC for 18 years and is currently serving as Immediate Past President.  She has been in the construction industry since 1981 and is currently working for Desert Companies as a Sale Coordinator.  Ms....

Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Secty.

Cupertino Electric, Inc.

Debra Olson serves as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Cupertino Electric, Inc. (CEI), one of the nation’s largest electrical engineering and construction companies....

Principal

Raths, Raths & Johnson, Inc.

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CEO

Identified Technologies

Dick Zhang is President and CEO of Pittsburgh, PA based Identified Technologies. Dick leads his rapidly growing team's efforts to deliver real-time job site updates to industrial companies around the world using robotic aerial drones....

Vice President and General Counsel

W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company

Dodds Dehmer is Vice President and General Counsel of W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company. Yates is an ENR Top 40 contractor with commercial, governmental and industrial projects throughout the US as well as internationally, and owns various affiliated entities in electrical, mechanical, concrete, paving and finish works.   Dodds’ responsibilities include providing legal advice to top management, representing the company in dispute resolution proceedings, and structuring business transactions....

President and CEO

Pegasus Global Holdings, Inc.

Dr. Patricia Galloway is President/CEO of Pegasus-Global. She is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, holds a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration and a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine....

Associate General Counsel & Managing Attorney

CB&I

Ed Everitt serves as Associate General Counsel & Managing Attorney for CB&I’s Facilities & Plant Services business unit, which provides a wide array of services including power and industrial maintenance, environmental engineering and consulting, construction, and program management.  Before his in-house career with CB&I, Mr....

General Counsel and Vice President for Workplace Justice

National Women’s Law Center