Her advice for women who want to enter fields traditionally dominated by men: collaborate with them. “We’re in this together. My top mentors are all men and they’re engineers. When other women see more women doing this, they’ll say, ‘Hey, this is something I can do, too.’”
A simple question that led to her 16-year career in the energy utility sector. Starting as a temp, she worked her way up, learning a range of functions including audit, procurement, supplier diversity, energy efficiency and finance. Inside, she had always felt her “internal entrepreneur” nagging her to go off and start something; she just didn’t know when she was going to take that leap.
“I was lucky because my husband came home,” said Beal referring to her spouse, a decorated military officer. Over the course of his 21-year active duty career, their family has endured multiple, months-long combat deployments. After his last he said, “‘I’m tired, my body is tired, it’s time for me to help support you back.’ I had to have his commitment to make this leap as a family, we’re a unit.” That was the fuel she needed to found AVIVV in September 2019.
Launching a business a few months prior to the pandemic may have proved disastrous for some, but Beal pivoted quickly and with positive results. She’s in an essential business — people need electricity and they need reliability. Her instinctive calling has been to help other military spouses by reducing the roadblocks they face when trying to sustain careers on the move.
“There’s a void and we have to do something about it,” said Beal. “There’s a very qualified workforce that wants to get out there.” The construction industry is a big opportunity for military spouses and those transitioning who are not aware of how deep the need is for infrastructure projects. The best part for military spouses is that “it's “PCS-proof. They can go anywhere with this experience and background. Every city, town has a local utility...it pays well and there is security.
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