Manassas Company To Honor Employees During Women's History Month

MANASSAS, VA — During Women's History Month in March, a local restoration and remodeling company will be honoring its women employees who work in an industry historically dominated by men. The company, Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling Inc., wanted to make a push to recognize the valuable contributions of the women who work for the company.

Many of the women who work in Paul Davis Restoration's office in Manassas "contribute to the history of successful women in the restoration labor force," the company said. Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling restores residential and commercial properties damaged by fire, water, mold, storms and disasters.

"I think there is something really special and cool that industries such as ours are onboarding more and more women into roles that you would traditionally see men working in," Alexis Golkin, owner of the Paul Davis Restoration office in Manassas, said Friday in an email to Patch. This will be the first year that Paul Davis Restoration will be honoring its women employees during Women's History Month.

Started in 1997, the Manassas office of Paul Davis Restoration is owned equally among Golkin, her mother Penelope Golkin, her brother Andrew Golkin and her father Paul Golkin.

In March, the company will be thanking each female team member personally and will be recognizing women employees within the entire company. "We feel it's important to recognize women no matter what type of work they do," Golkin said.

Including its office in Manassas, Paul Davis Restoration has more than 300 independently owned franchises in the United States and Canada. The Manassas office, which serves Northern Virginia, is located at 8773 Virginia Meadows Dr.

“We are proud to have women as industry professionals and technicians on our team. Their actions and good deeds touch and improve the lives of many in need after a disaster," Golkin said.

The Manassas office of Paul Davis Restoration, which opened in 1997, has 74 employees, 30 of whom are women, or about 40 percent. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women only make up 10.3 percent of the labor force in the construction industry.

The Paul Davis Restoration employees in its Manassas office who will be honored in March include the office ownership team of daughter and mother Alexis Golkin and Penny Golkin; accounting and administrative team members Candace Appleton, Coleen Blalock, Jessica Klotz, Dana Skinner, Tiffani Vasquez and Julie Mitchell; commercial claims team members Amber Yost, Lindsay Baldovin, Teresa Scott, Candance Payne, and Tiffany Jones; core claims team members Teanna Sanchez, Sara Dorn, Rebecca Stinson, Stephanie Wenzell, Cassidy Luther, Amy Ryan, Selmy Elbert, and Heather Kincaid; contents team members Teresa Coffey, Keely McKinley, Sylvia Groom, Veronica Leiva Marchorro, Lilly Borno, and Miriam Yanes Lopez; human resources team members Khrystyna Golkin and Ali Oraseanu, and environmental team member Tiana McKay.

“Female Paul Davis office owners and employees hold jobs in numerous unconventional roles in a very male prevalent industry. This group is only a representation of Paul Davis industry certified staff members who make our brand strong and vibrant," Golkin said.

Women’s History Month has its origins as a national celebration beginning in 1981. Congress passed a public law that authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning on March 7 as Women’s History Week. In 1987, after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, another public law was passed that designated the month of March as Women’s History Month.