Women in Construction Week at Lynden companies

Aloha Marine Lines and Lynden Logistics participated in Women in Construction (WIC) Week 2022 in March as part of Women's History Month and International Women's Day. Mary Kutscherenko, Lynden Logistics Account Executive, served as event chairperson for the second year with the help of AML Account Manager Ipo Fukuda and AML Pricing-Business Analyst Joan Nacino, both members of WIC's Honolulu chapter. The week included a build day for Habitat for Humanity Leeward Oahu and visits to construction sites. "The grand finale was a virtual panel luncheon sponsored and organized by HPM Building Supply, a large customer of AML featuring prominent women in the industry," Joan says. AML and Lynden Logistics have business relationships with many of the other NAWIC Hawaii Chapter members. AML ships the Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil used to blast and expose the seams of rock at the quarry, and rebar and machinery for the Kapalama container yard and Wai Kai Waterfront projects. Lynden Logistics ships materials and parts for companies like Hensel Phelps and Otis Elevators.

Knik Construction's Dora Hughes and Annie Gardner are also NAWIC members and participated in events in Alaska. Dora is on the NAWIC WIC Week Committee and serves as the Alaska Chapter Safety Chair and Pacific Northwest Region Safety Co-Chair. "This year we wanted to highlight women who have worked for Knik throughout WIC Week. We also sponsored five door prizes at the Close Out event which was a gathering of Women in the Trades and NAWIC," she says.