Background: Piering is an Arizona native that began her career with the company working part-time during college. After earning a degree in biology and chemistry from ASU, she’s spent 25 years managing projects, budgets and developing customer and vendor relationships to foster business growth.
Key to success: “I attribute my success to old-fashioned hard work, perseverance and a willingness to risk failure. When someone says it can’t be done, I don’t let it stop me. After five years at Sun State Builders, I knew I wanted to stay to become a leader in the company.”
Source of pride: “I’m extremely proud that I reached my goal and was named president of Sun State Builders. There aren’t a lot of females in the construction industry at this level. Learning this business is an achievement, but earning the respect of those around me is an accomplishment I’m most proud of.”
Surprising fact: “It took me nine years to learn to wakeboard, but I am still working on snowboarding. Another lesson for me in perseverance.
