Grace Steward, Project Manager, C.E. Floyd Company
Grace Steward
Grace Steward was recently promoted to project manager and successfully completed her first project in this role. When she joined C.E. Floyd Company after graduating from Connecticut College eight years ago, she didn’t think she even wanted to be a project manager. She describes herself as having been a very green project engineer, but as she gained experience, her belief and vision grew. Now she sees her promotion as her biggest professional accomplishment so far.
Grace credits Project Executive Craig Johnson for helping her get to where she is today. He continues to push her outside of her comfort zone and support her whenever she has a question or a challenge she wants to talk through.
Grace says that if it weren’t for Lucy Frye, senior project manager at C.E. Floyd, she may have never chosen this career path. Initially, Grace wanted to be an architect. But during her senior year, Lucy, a former rowing teammate, reached out to her asking her to consider working on the construction side. The two had the same major at school, and Lucy was having success, so Grace decided to join C.E. Floyd. She hasn’t looked back.
Grace says she is excited to keep learning, stretching outside her comfort zone, and growing in her career. “Seeing something be constructed because of the work you’re doing is pretty cool,” she says.
