Sunday, January 30, 2022, New Orleans, LA:
THE 5TH ANNUAL NATIONAL WOMEN IN ROOFING CONFERENCE CONCLUDED A SUCCESSFUL 2022 SESSION WITH THE WORLD AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE WORLD AWARD (Woman of Outstanding Roofing Leadership Distinction) HONORS WOMEN IN THE ROOFING INDUSTRY WHO ARE NOT ONLY OUTSTANDING LEADERS IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE, BUT IN THEIR PERSONAL COMMUNITY AS WELL.
IN 2021 THE WORLD AWARD WAS EXPANDED TO RECOGNIZE RISING TALENT (WOMEN UNDER THE AGE OF 40 OR THOSE WITH LESS THAN 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE ROOFING INDUSTRY) WHO ARE MAKING AN IMPACT IN THEIR CAREER, FOR WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN IN ROOFING ORGANIZATION, AND IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THE FIRST RISING STAR RECIPIENT (2021), HEATHER ESTES, SENIOR CODES & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST, GAF CORPORATION, INTRODUCED KRISTINA HILL, HARNESS & HEELS, (NEBRASKA) AS THE 2022 NWIR RISING STAR AWARD RECIPIENT OUT OF A FIELD OF 13 TRULY EXCEPTIONAL NOMINEES.
KRISTINA, WHO BEGAN HER CAREER IN THE ROOFING INDUSTRY IN 2017 AS CO-OWNER OF HOMESHIELD ROOFING AND EXTERIORS, LLC, LIKE MOST WOMEN NEW THE INDUSTRY DID NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE OR MENTORSHIP. REALIZING THAT MANY OTHER WOMEN WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION, SHE CREATED AN ONLINE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT HER FEMALE CONTEMPORARIES THROUGH AN ONLINE SHAPCHAT ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP, APPS LIKE CLUBHOUSE TO SHARE STORIES, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH SUPPLIERS TO GARNER DISCOUNTS THROUGH HER HARNESS AND HEELS FACEBOOK COMMUNITY. AS OF OCTOBER 2021, KRISTINA’S FACEBOOK COMMUNITY HAS GROWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO OVER 970 MEMBERS FROM THE USA TO CANADA…AND STILL GROWING.
FORTUNE MAGAZINE HAS ALSO RECOGNIZED KRISTINA AS ONE OF THE NEXT 1000 UP AND COMING ENTREPRENEURS, AND HER ENTHUSIASM DOES NOT STOP THERE. SHE IS CO-FOUNDER OF A NEBRASKA NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION “HOPE FOR THE VOICELESS” WHOSE MISSION IS TO COMBAT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING IN HER LOCAL LINCOLN, NEBRASKA COMMUNITY. KRISTINA EXEMPLIFIES NWIR’S 4 PILLARS: EDUCATION, MENTORSHIP, NETWORKING AND RECRUITMENT AND IS WELL-DESERVING OF THE 2022 RISING STAR AWARD.