Karen Cates has been a consultant to the roofing industry for nearly 25 years. She is a founding faculty member of the National Roofing Contractors Association’s Future Executive Institute (FEI) where she focuses on leadership and people management. After nearly 26 years on the faculty at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Karen has recently retired and now focuses her energies on executive coaching and leadership consulting. Her clients include leaders in roofing companies, health care organizations, tech firms and more.

Before entering the world of business, Karen taught pre-school and earned a master's degree in Human Resources and Human Development. She learned, and research confirms, that children start deciding at a very young age important things like what they want to be when they grow up. Combining industry experience with her knowledge of kids, Karen has written two children’s roofing books aimed at highlighting roofing careers and stimulating kids’ career curiosity.

As an author, through her continued work in the classroom as an FEI instructor and as an executive coach, Karen is dedicated to developing future workers and leaders in the roofing industry.

You can order these terrific children’s books for your own friends and family!

• Is This A Roof? For young children to stimulate their career curiosity.  Roofing workers take pride in their profession!

• Be Safe, Rafe!  For roofing workers to take home after safety training to read to their children and reinforce important total safety messages.

• Is This A Roof? Coloring book! Available only in English. 

Also Available in Spanish

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You can order these terrific children’s books for your own friends and family!

These two books are available in English and Spanish for $5.00 per book. Is This A Roof? For young children to stimulate their career curiosity. Roofing workers take pride in their profession! Be Safe, Rafe! For roofing workers to take home after safety training to read to their children and ...
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Roofing Coloring Book Pages from Karen Cates

FREE Coloring Book Page Downloads. Get your copy of the covers of these two children's books about roofing and safety! Written by Karen Cates, these two books are available in English and Spanish for $5.00 per book at the link below. "Is This A Roof?" For young children to stimulate ...
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