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By: Aaron Spencer//October 25, 2012//

DMWESB TopProjects 2012 judges

Aaron Spencer//October 25, 2012//

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听	YASMINE BRANDENYasmine Branden holds a master鈥檚 degree in real estate and construction manager from Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver. She worked as a scheduler and project administrator for a large-scale expansion project at Denver International Airport. She joined Neil Kelly Co. in January 2007 as an assistant construction manager and now serves as the company鈥檚 vice president and production manager. She is the national president-elect of the National Association of Women in Construction.
听	SAM BROOKSSamuel Brooks started S. Brooks and Associates Inc., doing business as Brooks Staffing, in 1981 and has since grown the company from one employee to more than 200 in six states. He is a past chairman of both the National Advisory Board for Small Business Development Center and the Portland Business Alliance. He presently serves as chairman of the 800-plus-member Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs, a group he founded in 1987.
	ANDREW COLASAndrew Colas is president of Colas Construction Inc., a family-owned commercial general contracting firm. He is a past chairman of the Portland Housing Bureau Commission, and now serves on boards for a long list of groups, including New Avenues for Youth and Oregon Business. He previously worked for West-Trend Construction, where he moved from project engineer to project manager.
	JIM McKUNEJim McKune began his construction career at Emerick Construction as an apprentice carpenter. Over the years, he worked his way up the company ranks and serves as the firm鈥檚 chief operating officer. An active member of Associated General Contractors, he is an ongoing member of the Oregon-Columbia chapter鈥檚 board of directors. He presently is serving as the 2012 president of the chapter.
	ANGELA WATKINSAngela Watkins is the small business development program manager for the Port of Portland, where she manages the port鈥檚 Mentor/Prot茅g茅 Program. She also handles outreach to MWESB/DBE firms and companies and provides oversight to ensure that the port is meeting small business goals for contracting, purchasing and airport concessions. She presently serves as chairwoman of the Business Diversity Institute and the advisory board at the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs.

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