It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: FM Isn't Sexy

In this episode, host Kate Thibeault speaks with Carolyn McGary, the National Director of the FM Pipeline team, Mary Mills, Associate Director of Operations at RTX, Kofi Williams, Senior Project Manager at Hughes Marino and Jackie Allen, rising Junior at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School and winner of the 2024 Massachusetts Facilithon about what it takes to get high school students interested in the field of Facilities Management. Listen to learn about this key demographic in our FM talent pipeline!

Carolyn McGary - Carolyn McGary | LinkedIn

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• National Director - FM Pipeline Team, Inc which is responsible for the Facilithon Competition for SkillsUSA.
• Adjunct Professor at both the Community College of Denver and the Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she teaches facility management, construction, and business courses!

Mary Mills - "mary mills, cfm" | Search | LinkedIn

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• Associate Director of Operations at RTX
• Until recently was Mentor for the Facilithon team as part of SkillsUSA for Massachusetts, now will Mentor other chapters in the Northeast

Kofi Williams - Kofi Williams MSCM, FMP | LinkedIn

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• Senior Project Manager - Cushman & Wakefield
• Co-Chair of the Student Relations committee of IFMA Boston

Jackie Allen - Sophomore at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School

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• Winner of 2024 Massachusetts Facilithon
• Studying HVAC

Host: Kathryn (Kate) Thibeault - (1) Kate (VP Workplace and FM - Americas) Thibeault | LinkedIn

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Adjunct Faculty, Wentworth Institute of Technology / Facilities Management

Former VP Workplace and FM - Americas, Pearson