{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 10: Ruth Kellick-Grubbs","description":"Ruth Kellick-Grubbs Kellick and Associates | President Ruth is President of Kellick & Associates, an LBM advisory firm.  Since 2000, Ruth and her team have been helping  clients with strategy; profitability; family business advisory and mergers & acquisitions.  Ruth works with industry leading retailers, manufacturers & distributors in North & South America, Europe, India and Australia \u2013 including nearly half the Top 50 Pro Dealers.     She also serves on select Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors.  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 & Associates, Ruth worked for Bill Lee and Builder Marts of America.  Prior to that she did international business development for both the US and Japanese governments.  She\u2019s lived in Mexico, Ireland, Germany, Spain and Japan and speaks 5 languages.  She has undergraduate degrees from Lake Erie College and an MBA from the University of Tennessee. Twitter: @RuthKG ","author_name":"Women In Construction Leadership Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.wicleadership.com\/","html":"