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2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

​MOTIVATIONAL KEYNOTE

Sandra Yawn ​
​"Captain Sandy"

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Captain Sandra Yawn (“Captain Sandy”) is a leader, international speaker and businesswoman, whose exceptional leadership style has helped her to break through every obstacle in her path – from the glass ceilings and near-fatal accidents on land to pirates and fires at sea!

As a renowned superyacht captain with over 30 years of international maritime experience, Yawn’s integrity and courage have earned her an outstanding reputation as an elite class of captain, and recognition from the International Superyacht Society, who bestowed upon her the prestigious Distinguished Crew Award for her bravery in the midst of a catastrophic fire and pirate threat that occurred in 2006 off the coast of Yemen.

Tapping into her signature conviction and affinity for adventure, Yawn charted a brand new course in 2015 when she became a series lead on Bravo’s hit series ​Below Deck Mediterranean​.​

2024 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

INDUSTRY KEYNOTE

Lisa Ballantyne
​Senior Vice President
Turner Construction Company

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Lisa Ballantyne is Senior Vice President of Turner Construction Company, responsible for the West Coast, including Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada & Arizona – totaling over $3B of annual revenue. She draws from over 25 years of experience in diverse roles in the field, leading operations, managing risk, and providing executive strategy while overseeing business operations. Lisa has been recognized as a Top 100 Diverse Corporate Leader in STEM by STEMConnector and an Influential Woman in Bay Area Business by The San Francisco Business Times.

Lisa supports several initiatives across the company, including the launch of Turner’s re-envisioned website in 2023, the company’s annual DE&I Impact Report, corporate mobility efforts and she is the senior sponsor for the company’s Women Network Leadership Council. She is currently a board member for ACE Mentoring SF Bay Area, the California Education Foundation for the AGC of CA, and also serves on the Tulane Fund Advisory Board, in her 10th year for her alma mater, Tulane University.

Lisa has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Tulane University, and an MBA from Simmons College, School of Management in Boston. A native of Massachusetts, Lisa now resides in California with her husband Brant and son Brant who is graduating from high school this year and headed to Tulane this fall. Her oldest son, Graham, is a Freshman at Boston University studying engineering.

MOTIVATIONAL KEYNOTE

Jessica Mendoza
Olympic Gold Medalist &
Analyst, ​ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball

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On January 13, 2016, ESPN officially named Jessica Mendoza to the Sunday Night Baseball team as an analyst. The announcement was made after a historic 2015 for Mendoza, who became the first female analyst for a nationally televised MLB Postseason game on October 6, 2015: AL Wild Card Game on ESPN. A few months prior, she became the first female ESPN MLB game analyst during the August 24, 2015 edition of Monday Night Baseball. She appeared on several Sunday Night Baseball telecasts during the stretch run of the season. Her groundbreaking 2015 also included the accolade of becoming the first female analyst for a Men’s College World Series telecast.
 
One of the most notable softball players in the last decade, Mendoza’s on-field experience has seamlessly translated to television. She joined ESPN in 2007 and in addition to her MLB contributions, she has served as an analyst and a reporter for the Men’s College World Series, the NCAA Women’s College World Series and is also a sideline reporter for college football. She has also contributed content to espnW.
 
Prior to her work with ESPN, Mendoza was a field reporter for Yahoo! Sports at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and also served as the lead college softball analyst on FOX Sports. She has relationships with several brands, including T-Mobile, Reebok, Under Armour and Starwood Hotels, among others.
 
Mendoza is a two-time Olympian and was a member of the U.S. Women’s National team from 2001-10. Her team took home the Gold Medal in Athens, Greece (2004) and the Silver Medal in Beijing, China (2008). She is both a three-time World Champion (2002, 2006, 2010) and World Cup Champion (2006, 2007, 2010), in addition to being a two-time Pan American Gold Medalist (2003, 2007). In 2006, she was named the USA Softball Athlete of the Year and was also recognized in 2008 as the Women’s Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year.
 
Mendoza was a four-time first team All-American while playing outfield at Stanford University. She led the Cardinals to their first-ever Women’s College World Series Appearance and finished her college career with school records that are still held today in: batting average (.475), hits (.94), stolen bases (31), runs (71) and career home runs (50). She was a three-time Stanford Female Athlete of the Year and a First team Academic All-American in 2002.
 
Mendoza graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies in 2002 and a Masters in Social Sciences in Education in 2003. She is originally from Camarillo, California.​

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"Belonging is a necessary ingredient for our performance - individually, in teams and for our organizations - because we
​can more effectively engage and bring our best selves to work." 
​- Tracy Brower, PhD, Master of Corporate Real Estate

The construction industry is one of the nation’s (and world’s) largest industries. In 2021, construction accounted for over 4.1 percent of the US gross domestic product*. That ranks ahead of agriculture, mining, transportation, arts and entertainment, and even national defense spending! Despite more than 90 percent of US general contractors listing labor shortages as a concern**, women make up only 10.3 percent*** of those working in the built environment – and that number shrinks to just 2-4 percent when looking at several of the skilled trades. With unprecedented labor shortages, the time is now for us to determine what changes we must make to ensure that we are an equitable and inclusive industry. 
​* US Bureau of Economic Analysis, ** US Chamber,  *** US Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Come for a full day of panel discussions, breakouts, and best practices and walk away ready to recruit the current and next generations.

2025 Conference at a Glance

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 @ The Crest Theater​
​
Registration Opens - 12:30 p.m.
Welcome -1:30 p.m.
Session - 1:45 p.m.
Motivational Keynote Speaker, Captain Sandy - 2:30 p.m.
​Closing - 3:30 p.m.
Industry Happy Hour - 3:45 p.m.
*Times Subject to Change*

Thursday, October 16, 2025 @ Safe Credit Union Convention Center
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​Registration Opens | Continental Breakfast
​| Exhibitor Space Opens - 8:00 a.m.
Workshops  - 8:45 a.m.
Workshops - 10:00 a.m.
Break - 11:00 a.m.
General Session Welcome - 11:30 a.m.
Lunch with Dueling Pianos - 12:00 p.m. at the Convention Center
General Session - 1:15 p.m.
Industry Keynote - 2:00 p.m.
Break - 2:30 p.m.
General Session - 2:50 p.m.
Closing - 3:30 p.m.
Happy Hour - 3:45 p.m.
*Times Subject to Change*

What Sponsors, Speakers, and Supporters Have to Say About the WIC Conference

DIVERSIFYING THE INDUSTRY

"Men showing up daily as allies to assist our women comrade in the development of their careers and supporting them into roles of leadership in key to diversifying the industry and tapping into new talent"

SPOTLIGHTING CHALLENGES

"The more people we have representing lived experiences from across all of our diverse backgrounds, will give us a stronger and more successful outcome."

FOR EVERYONE

"Everyone is welcome! You can come here and learn something, weather you're a man or woman or person of color you're gonna gain some insight!"

THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 SPONSORS

PRESENTING SPONSOR

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​INDUSTRY HAPPY HOUR SPONSORS

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CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & AFTERNOON SNACK SPONSORS

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BREAKOUT SPONSORS

PREMIER SPONSORS
​Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC, Buehler Engineering, Inc., Building Rx, Charge, Clark Pacific, Dewberry, Florian Industries, Inc., Helix Electric, Inc., LB Construction, Inc., Mark III Construction, Inc., MarketOne Builders, Pacific Coast Building Products, Performance Contracting, Inc., Rex Moore Group, S&G Carpet and More, SR Diversified, LLC, Urata & Sons Concrete, LLC, Vanir Construction Management, Inc., Vertical Systems, VPCS, WACA, Western Engineering Contractors, Inc., Z Squared Construction

EXHIBTOR TABLE SPONSORS​
Air Systems Service & Construction, Better Business Bureau serving Northeast California, Construction Management Online, CPR with Heart, Crusader Fence Co, Deacon Construction LLC, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento, McCarthy Building Companies, McGrath - Mobile Modular/Mobile Modular Portable Storage/Kitchen To Go/Environplex/TRS Ren Telco, SWPPQUEEN INC., Tecta America Sacramento, Inc., Tricorp Group, Veritas Accounting PC, Weintraub | Tobin

STUDENT SPONSORS
Charge, Solace Enterprises Inc., Vertical Systems

SMALL BUSINESS SPONSORS
Builders Exchange of San Joaquin, The Hiring Spot, SR Diversified LLC

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