Professional Women in Construction

What Professional Women in Construction does

Professional Women in Construction (PWC), legally the National Association of Professional Women in Construction, is a 501(c) nonprofit founded in 1980 and headquartered at 606 Post Road East #584, Westport, Connecticut. The organization connects and promotes women and men in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries through a national chapter network spanning six regions: Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia. Its core product is a membership program offering informative industry programming, leadership and networking opportunities, an exclusive job board, a mentorship program, scholarship access, and committee involvement, with members able to attend events at any chapter at member rates.

PWC operates on a community-led go-to-market model. Its technology backbone is the GrowthZone membership management platform, which powers the public website (pwcusa.org) and the member subdomain (members.pwcusa.org) hosting the job board and contact functions. The product surface includes the membership program, a transactional job board priced at $150 per posting for members and $300 for non-members (4-week listing duration), a regional chapter network, a mentorship program, industry programming, and an annual scholarship program administered by the NJ Chapter awarding a minimum of two $2,500 scholarships to women in STEM and construction-related fields.

The revenue model rests on recurring membership dues — Corporate A+, Corporate A, Corporate B, and Small Business tiers for organizations, plus individual memberships — supplemented by transactional job posting fees. MWBE/DBE certified firms receive a 25% discount on business or corporate memberships, broadening access for minority and women-owned construction businesses. The organization is member-funded with no external venture or private equity backing, governed by a board of directors drawn from AEC industry firms (WSP, Kaplin Stewart, van Zelm Heywood & Shadford, GEI Consultants, Fox Swibel, HC Constructors). Officer roles include President (Melinda Johnson), Treasurer (Amee Farrell), and Secretary (Patricia Bilotto).

Name

Professional Women in Construction

Legal name

National Association of Professional Women in Construction

Website

https://pwcusa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Professional Women in Construction is a 1980-founded national nonprofit that connects AEC industry professionals through six regional chapters, offering memberships, job postings, scholarships, mentorship, and industry programming across the Northeast and Midwest US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction (EDABALAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction & Real Estate Direct Hire (BPACAFAN)

Keywords

• Women in construction
• AEC industry networking
• Construction professional development
• Industry mentorship programs
• Construction industry membership

Headquarters

HQ city

Westport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees for individuals and corporations. Corporate membership tiers include Corporate A+, Corporate A, Corporate B, and Small Business. MWBE/DBE certified firms receive a 25% discount on business or corporate memberships.
2. Job Posting Fees: Job postings are charged at $150 for members and $300 for non-members. Listings remain on the website for 4 weeks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Professional Women in Construction is a national nonprofit membership organization that connects, supports, and advances women and men in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries. It operates through six regional chapters offering networking events, professional development programming, mentorship, a job board for AEC professionals, and an annual scholarship program for women pursuing STEM and construction-related degrees.

Product overview

PWC offers a membership-based community platform with multiple interconnected services including a job board, scholarship program, mentorship program, and regional chapter network. The core offering is membership that provides access to job postings, professional development programming, networking events, and exclusive member resources across six regional chapters (Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia). The organization also offers an annual scholarship program for women in STEM and construction-related fields through its NJ Chapter.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PWC Membership Program

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Society of Women Engineers (SWE): SWE is a long-standing nonprofit advancing women in engineering through chapters, mentoring, and scholarships — closely paralleling PWC's mission, though focused on the engineering rather than full AEC spectrum.
• Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network: CREW is a membership organization advancing women in commercial real estate via local chapters, networking, and industry research — structurally similar to PWC's regional chapter and professional development model but in adjacent CRE rather than AEC.
• National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC): NAMC is a nonprofit trade association supporting minority- and women-owned contractors with chapters, advocacy, and business development — sharing PWC's diversity focus, MWBE/DBE orientation, and community-led engagement approach.

Others

• Women of Asphalt: Women of Asphalt is a coalition advancing women in the asphalt and paving sector, sharing PWC's women-in-construction mission and offering networking and professional programming as adjacent ecosystem peers.

Broad incumbents

• Associated General Contractors of America (AGC): AGC is the leading US trade association for general contractors, offering networking, education, and advocacy that overlaps PWC's professional development and industry programming offerings at a much broader industry-wide scale.
• National Association of Home Builders (NAHB): NAHB represents the residential construction industry with local associations, education, and networking that are analogous in structure and value proposition to PWC's regional chapter model.
• American Institute of Architects (AIA): AIA serves architecture professionals with membership, continuing education, and chapter programming — overlapping PWC's AEC-focused professional development, networking, and event-based value proposition, though at far greater scale.

Regional players

• Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA): DBIA provides industry education, certification, and networking for the design-build delivery method in AEC, overlapping PWC's professional development and programming value proposition in a narrower delivery-method niche.

Direct peers

• Women in Construction Operations (WiCO): WiCO is an emerging community focused on supporting women in construction operations roles, providing networking and professional development that mirrors PWC's community-led, chapter-based model.
• National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC): NAWIC is the largest and longest-standing US nonprofit dedicated to women in construction, offering chapters, networking, professional development, and industry programming that directly overlap PWC's mission and member base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pwctalk
• Facebookfacebook.com/pwcusa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-new-jersey-chapter-of-professional-women-in-construction

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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