Case Studies Women of Blueprint

Keri Steers has spent much of her life solving practical problems. Long before she entered the professional world of facilities management, she was learning firsthand how buildings worked, spending time on sites, handling tools, and seeing how quickly things could break and be fixed again and ultimately improve people’s lives. Those early experiences built a […]

Jen Fager has spent her career challenging the notion that project management is merely administrative, redefining it as a leadership discipline that goes far beyond timelines. At its best, she believes that project management creates clarity, builds accountability, and connects people and systems in ways that ultimately determine whether complex projects and initiatives succeed or […]

Deidra Tart did not enter facilities management through a conventional path. Her career has been shaped by instinct, resilience, and a steady willingness to take on responsibility before she was ever formally asked. That trajectory now places her as director of facilities for The Community Builders, where she oversees a national portfolio that expanded dramatically […]

Long before she became director of engineering for the New York Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge, Melanie Glenn understood the value of resilience, service, and technical curiosity. She grew up in Manhattan, where household repairs and conversations at the hardware store shaped her early awareness of how physical spaces work. Her father, as she recalls, was […]