Rae is the director of steep-slope operations at Chinook Roofing & Gutters located in Fife, Washington. A graduate from Arizona State University, she began her career in the roofing industry in 2004. Her start at Chinook was her steppingstone job which became her career. Rae elevated herself through hard work, education, and dedication to the roofing craft.

 Today, she’s enjoying her role as an Estimator for Chinook and when she’s not working, she can be found volunteering. Rae’s currently on the Board of Directors for Rebuilding Together – South Sound, where she serves on the Education Committee and her focus is on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). As a member of National Women in Roofing (NWiR) and one of the founding members of the Seattle Council, she’s also the Co-Chair of NWiR’s DEI Committee.

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Latest Podcasts

Coffee Conversations - Getting to Know REAL Roofing with National Women in Roofing!

In this poignant and exciting Coffee Conversations, sponsored by CertainTeed, Heidi J. Ellsworth will be discussing the new diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) course from National Women in Roofing. The program is called REAL Roofing and the DEI Essentials learning journey is the course. Through a one-month interactive series, the ...
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Coffee Conversations - Celebrating Black History & Diversity in Roofing

S3:E12 Join us as we celebrate Black History Month and diversity in roofing in the next Coffee Conversations! Heidi welcomes Rae July of Chinook Roofing and Terae Kearney of IronShore Contracting. The ladies will talk about being black women in the roofing industry and why inclusion in roofing is the key ...
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Jess Cress - Diversity and Inclusion, Why It's been Ignored and Why It Shouldn't Be Anymore

S2:E54 Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner, visits with Jess Cress of Bone Dry Roofing Company about what is happening today in roofing related to diversity. Jess, along with Rae July, Chinook Roofing, is a co-chair of the newly formed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) committee for National Women in Roofing ...
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Latest Webinars

Coffee Conversations - Getting to Know REAL Roofing with National Women in Roofing!

In this poignant and exciting Coffee Conversations, sponsored by CertainTeed, Heidi J. Ellsworth will be discussing the new diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) course from National Women in Roofing. The program is called REAL Roofing and the DEI Essentials learning journey is the course. Through a one-month interactive series, the ...
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Coffee Conversations - Celebrating Black History & Diversity in Roofing

S3:E12 Join us as we celebrate Black History Month and diversity in roofing in the next Coffee Conversations! Heidi welcomes Rae July of Chinook Roofing and Terae Kearney of IronShore Contracting. The ladies will talk about being black women in the roofing industry and why inclusion in roofing is the key ...
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