Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 6

32 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 6 proud to lead. Her valuable insights are based on experience and passion. BVM: Can you give us an overview of CMAA? Rutledge: “I’ve been with CMAA since 2017, when I became the third Chief Executive Officer and the first woman. CMAA was founded in 1982 during a time when there was a blooming of professional societies and specialized trade associations. For, CMAA that was an opportunity to differentiate construction management as a professional service by setting standards and building a body of knowledge, distinct from engineering, or architecture, or general contracting. “Construction management is both an art and a science. You must have both the technical knowledge: scheduling, estimating, safety, quality, scope, and function. And you also must have management and leadership skills: managing human, financial, and information resources; managing risk; and leading diverse and inclusive teams. “We have over 17,000 members across the spectrum of construction management roles and responsibilities. We have individual practitioners, which includes independent consultants. We have people who own small firms, and we have large corporations. We have owner organizations who are members – the Army Corps of Engineers, for example, the Department of Veterans Affairs. Whiting Turner is a contracting company, MBP is a service provider firm.”