The National Association of Women in Construction is pleased to announce the recipients of its Future Leader of the Year, Member of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards. The mission of the awards is to recognize outstanding efforts of NAWIC members.
The 2017 Future Leader of the Year Award winner is Romina Byrd, SHRM-CP, president of NAWIC’s Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter. Byrd is the Director of Education and Training for Miller and Long Concrete Construction. During her 20 years at Miller and Long, she has created and facilitated a number of programs to promote careers in construction, and personal and professional development. She was instrumental in the onset of the company’s Students Construction Trade Foundation and its Academy of Construction and Design. Since 2002, Byrd has brought together the company’s apprentices to participate in the annual Big Build Festival at the National Building Museum, a hands on festival for children. Just months after joining NAWIC, Byrd became her chapter’s president, growing its membership more than 600 percent in under two years.