1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Ruth Kellick-Grubbs Kellick and Associates | President Ruth is President of Kellick &amp;amp; Associates, an LBM advisory firm.&amp;nbsp; Since 2000, Ruth and her team have been helping&amp;nbsp; clients with strategy; profitability; family business advisory and mergers &amp;amp; acquisitions.&amp;nbsp; Ruth works with industry leading retailers, manufacturers &amp;amp; distributors in North &amp;amp; South America, Europe, India and Australia – including nearly half the Top 50 Pro Dealers.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; She also serves on select Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors.&amp;nbsp; Ruth writes for several industry publications and is a recognized lumber and building material industry expert and a frequent speaker at regional, national and international industry events. Before founding Kellick &amp;amp; Associates, Ruth worked for Bill Lee and Builder Marts of America.&amp;nbsp; Prior to that she did international business development for both the US and Japanese governments.&amp;nbsp; She’s lived in Mexico, Ireland, Germany, Spain and Japan and speaks 5 languages.&amp;nbsp; She has undergraduate degrees from Lake Erie College and an MBA from the University of Tennessee. Twitter: @RuthKG Women In Construction Leadership Podcast https://www.wicleadership.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23428685/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/f26343/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/129894677