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Massachusetts, I walked into a room of over 1000 men,” Cindy recalls.“ There wasn’ t one other female in there. Thankfully I passed, and I just kept expanding my qualifications.” As the company continued to develop, Cindy was also raising a family while managing debilitating panic attacks from the age of 26, which she speaks honestly about:“ I could have become agoraphobic by 27, but I didn’ t – I just kept going. I was determined to get where I wanted to be.”
Internally, C Stumpo Development operates on the same principles its founder lives by; accountability, responsibility, reliability, dependability and loyalty. Several members of her construction team have been with the company since its earliest years. That stability translates directly into quality assurance for clients. Experienced tradespeople who know how Cindy builds, who know her standards and who have spent years working alongside her deliver results that are consistently exceptional.“ I’ m only as good as my team, and my team are only as good as me,” she acknowledges.“ I need them; they need me.”
Now that Cindy’ s daughter has joined the business, C Stumpo Development is one of the only second-generation female-led construction companies in the US. That fact alone signals how notable her path has been – and how much further the industry still has to travel. Still working on job sites daily, Cindy drives every project with the intensity and oversight that has defined her career.“ I take
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