b"WOMEN IN TILE 2020 Suiter ChapmanWomen in Tile 2020 Michael-BattagliaEmbracing challenge, creativity, and change while wielding empathy and experiencewomen's recipe for successBy Lesley Goddin, EditorIn our world, there is always the oppor-tunitytoembracediversity.Oneof thewaystodothatistorecognize the strong contributions women make within our very own tile industry. According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report onwomenintheworkforce(www.bls.gov/ opub/reports/womens-databook/2019/home.htm), referenced on the National Association of Women inConstructionsite(www.nawic.org/nawic/Statistics.asp), in 2018, approximately 1,106,919 womenwereemployedinvariousoccupation sectorsoftheconstructionindustryandcom-prise9.9%oftheconstructionindustryinthe United States. Womens contributions encompass a range of roles, from marketing to design, to installation to management, to showroom staff, and much more. And the good news for women in construction is that while women in the U.S. generally earn 81.1% of what men earn, in construction occupa-54TileLetter | October 2020"