ambassadors, Kolby Butcher and Diana Gonzalez, to find out about their journey into the industry, why they volunteered for the program and why they believe the Build California model is effective.


Kolby Butcher, Ghirardelli Associates Kolby Butcher literally grew up in the in- dustry; his dad and two uncles all worked for Manson Construction in Richmond,


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CA. As a kid, he spent plenty of afternoons in the company’s local construction yard learning from “all the old school guys what construction was about,” he said. Butcher decided to follow that same


path and joined the Operating Engineers Local 3 after high school. He spent the next few years working hands-on per- forming various jobs, including dredging, pile driving, and work on land as both a crane oiler and an operator.


CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: Kolby Butcher talks with students at a recent career fair.


Diana Gonzales (left) talks with students at Wheatland High School.


Students at a Galt High School Career Fair in March.


Students at a career fair at Lincoln High School this spring.


Students at the CIEF trades day in early 2022.


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