About the Sisters in the Building Trades

The Sisters in the Building Trades, is a Not-For-Profit Organization, listed as a 501(c)(3) corporation. Therefore, donations keeps us alive and provide us with the funding to make all our activities, volunteering and training available to our members.

This means that your donations are not only going to help the Sister's but they also benefit you. Your donations are all considered tax deductible. Please contact us for more information about donations and deductions. For a list of current donations please click here.

Our mailing address is:
Sisters in the Building Trades
10842 SE 208th Street
PMB #131
Kent, WA 98031
Phone: 206.618.6715
Fax: 253.850.1259
And our email contact info:
Melina Harris: Main contact, photos, questions, submissions, opinions, idea's, etc.
Kandy Paulson: Events Promotions

The Board of Directors

President	Melina Harris
Presidents of Vice	Tawny Sayers	(Click for Profile)
Presidents of Vice	Tami St. Paul	(Click for Profile)
Board Member	Tracy Prezeau	(Click for Profile)
Treasurer	Denise Salo	(Click for Profile)
Secretary	Cynthia Neubauer-Lee	(Click for Profile)
Board Member	Deb Colombi	(Click for Profile)
Board Member	Kandy Paulson	(Click for Profile)
Board Member	Sandi Winter	(Click for Profile)
Board Member	Tammy Keen	(Click for Profile)
Board Member	Terry Tilton	(Click for Profile)
Board Member	Yolanda Lowery	(Click for Profile)

The Sisters in the Building Trades is on the Steering Committee of the The Construction Center of Excellence (Site). The Construction Center of Excellencewas established in 2004 when the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges designated Renton Technical College (RTC) as a statewide leader in construction workforce education and training.

Construction Center of Excellence

Quarterly Steering Committee Meeting
Tuesday - December 11th, 2007
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Please click here for the Agenda.

In October 2006, the CCE joined forces with New Market Vocational Skills Center as they formed a K12 Center of Excellence for their Construction Technologies program/Running Start for the Trade Demonstration Project. They are developing and expanding articulations with apprenticeships for direct entry options.

The Sisters In The Building Trades is a Voting Member of The National Committee on Pay Equity. By vote of the members March 13th 2007. The Statement of Principles of the NCPE is as follows.

True equality for the millions of women and minorities in the work force will not be achieved until there is pay equity.
Achievement of pay equity will benefit millions of households, particularly the growing number headed by women.
The drive for implementation of pay equity must be seen as reversal of a historical pattern of devaluing work done by women and minorities.
While it is crucial that all occupations be open to women and minorities, efforts must continue to find solutions to the problems of workers in female-and-minority-dominated occupations.
Pay equity is an intrinsic part of the goal of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Our Deeply Appreciated Volunteer Staff

Aspen Swartz
The List Mistress

Keeper of the Membership and Interested Parties Lists, Translator of all Illegible Hand-Writing on the sign-in sheets.

Stacia Jenkins
Our Lady of Grammar

Contributing Editor, spell Checker, in charge of making us look better on paper.

Michelle Helmholz
Our Lady of Gratitude

In charge of keeping track of and sending our Many Thanks to our supporters.

Cynthia Neubauer-Lee
Our Mistress of Minutes

In charge of taking whatever notes there are and making them into presentable Meeting Minutes.

Kandy Paulson
Our Events Herald

In charge of getting our events out to as many news outlets as she can manage.

Linda Romanovitch
Our Treasure

In Charge of Finance, Donations, and the only checkbook.

Tawny Sayers
Keeper of the Keys

In charge of checking the mail, depositing Donations and helping with the Newsletter Mail-outs.

Melina Harris
Invisible Elf

In charge of getting anything done that no one else volunteers to do.

Tami St. Paul
The Lady with the Clue

In charge of passing on events, ideas, photos, news, solutions, contacts, advice, laughter, etc. when no one else will.

Tammy Keen
Eastern Liaison

In charge of Spreading the Organization to the Eastern Parts of our Fair State.

Kayla Maxin
Olympia Liaison

In charge of Spreading the Organization to the Great City of Olympia.

M. J. Davidson
Mentor Program Advisor

In charge of helping our Mentor program grow and develop into a useful entity.

Cathie Jett
Her-storian

Adding local Construction Heroines to our Women in History page, so their stories may be shared to inspire the next generation.