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15 Things You Need to Know This Morning

15 Things You Need to Know This Morning

What You Don’t Know About Elaine Gray

Photo taken: At daughter’s graduation this year from Pepperdine in Malibu.
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario.
Title: Business development director, HITT Contracting.
Company: National general contractor that builds and renovates office, hotel, multifamily, industrial, data center, museums, and healthcare facilities for feds and private sector.
Most memorable project: Construction of Atlantic Plumbing Apartments in DC for JBG. Two-building complex will total over 350k sf and feature steel exo-skeleton façade.
School: James Madison and Johns Hopkins.
First job: Paper route at 13.
Job you'd like to have in another life: Documentaries for History Channel and National Geographic.
Person (living or dead) you'd like to meet: Winston Churchill.
Greatest fear: Beltway in rush hour.
A daily habit: Watching sunset.
Favorite music group and song: Rascal Flatts; It Feels Like Today.
Favorite book: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.
Favorite movie: Out of Africa (1985).
Favorite vacation: Age 12, dad took family (6 kids) on road trip across US and Canada. Camped under stars, hiked in Banff National Park, and swam off California coast.
Favorite restaurant: Edos Squid, Richmond, Va.
One item on your bucket list: Sky dive with husband in Shenandoah. 
Family facts: Married 10 years; College-age son and daughter.
Hobbies: Road trips.
Startling fact: In rock band for two weeks in high school until dad found out.

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