A professional engineer, Jill Marilley is the Construction Services Manager, Pacific Northwest District for WSP, Inc. (formerly Parsons Brinkerhoff) based in Seattle, WA.
Jill has more than 30 years of public and private industry experience in public works from project ranging from transportation to drinking water quality to parks. She has served the public as a public works director and city engineer and now leads a team in the Pacific Northwest providing high quality construction management service to ensure the public’s money is well spent.
Jill is a strong leader and advocate in the public works industry and is currently the National President-Elect for the American Public Works Association. Her focus is on public works funding, operation and maintenance of our infrastructure, and the continued development of APWAs next leaders.
Sometimes we take some things for granted that we just don’t think about. Whether it be brushing our teeth while leaving the water running to the transportation we use every day for work. Jill Marilley was inspired to improve everyone’s quality of life and create a ripple effect on the community.
In this episode, Jill and I explore leadership, STEM education, gender and wider diversity in engineering and other STEM professions. It is a powerful and wide ranging-discussion.
As numbers continue to remain low for women working in the engineering industry within the last 30 years and 25 percent of women leaving the profession, Jill gives great insights about her experience as a woman in the engineering field and how there is a need for diversity in education.
The perspective Jill brings on the area of leadership is refreshing. You don’t have to be up front to be leading. Leadership comes from deep within and is about your ability to expand yourself, your family, your friends, your community, your world.
Jill also made a great point about how we all need to remind ourselves to see what we are willing to provide to others to help reach all of our goals.
Jill Marilley offers amazing stories and wisdom on how you can create a ripple effect within your community and lead by example to create change within your own industry.
You will not be disappointed!
I appreciate your time so very much.