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Monica Schultes, who recently started her own consulting firm, MM Schultes Consulting LLC, is also the past executive director of the Pennsylvania Precast Association and former executive director of what is now the PCI Mid-Atlantic Region. As one of seven children, she played several sports and loved to read. She says her father was an "engineer's engineer," who ran the production side of the family's water well drilling business and instilled in his children the importance of being lifetime learners.To keep his children active, he built a court for tennis and basketball in their backyard, leading Schultes to became passionate about tennis, playing in high school and as a walk-on in college. In addition, at some PCI conventions she had the opportunity to play tennis with colleagues in between meetings. "I still play in USTA leagues today," she says.Schultes attended Villanova University in Villanova, Pa., and earned a BS in civil engineering. Several years later, she returned to Villanova part time and eventually received an MBA with an emphasis in marketing. "Attending Dale Carnegie professional speaking courses also helped me build confidence and competence in my public communication skills," she says. |