Liz Harvey recently joined Sundt’s Fort Worth Office as Business Development Representative. Liz is responsible for supporting the company’s growth in its building sector.
She comes to Sundt from a Dallas-area structural and civil engineering firm where she worked for more than seven and a half years, most recently as Director of Business Development, Industrial & Infrastructure. She has more than 10 years of experience in the industry.
Liz graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in Communications and Public Relations. She serves on the Tarrant County American Council of Engineering Companies Education Committee and the Greater Dallas Planning Council’s Water, Energy and Natural Task Force Committee.
In her free time, she enjoys traveling, attending the theatre and opera, reading and spending time with family and friends. She is a huge movie buff and loves stand-up comics.
What interested you about working for Sundt?
It was a combination of things. Coming from an engineering/infrastructure background, I wanted to learn the construction/building side of our industry. I am also in the process, a quite laborious, painful process, of trying to buy my first home. (Darn sellers’ market.) I live in Dallas and want to move to the mid-cities, close to Fort Worth. So it’s the opportunity to move as well as learn and grow in a new side of our industry with a stellar company such as Sundt.
What have you been doing in your first few weeks with the company?
I am rounding out my first month. It’s been fast-paced, non-stop greatness. Tactical planning, making and attending client meetings, helping track and research leads, digging into our customer relationship management database and more.
How deep are your North Texas roots?
Sort of deep! My family is from South Dakota and Colorado, but my immediate family has been here for roughly 30 years. I still say soda, but I have my Texas slang, too.
Dog person or cat person?
Ha, ha! Both. I grew up with dogs, but I worked too many hours to have one. I inherited my older brother’s two small dogs two and half years ago after he passed away. They are just now tolerating each other. It’s taken some adjusting, but my fur babies are all spoiled rotten and happy.
Where’s your favorite place to travel?
I love going to Washington D.C. The history and scenery … you just can’t go wrong. I do have a trip planned this August to the Dominican Republic. I’m pretty sure it will top D.C.
Read any good books or seen a good movie lately?
A must read is Peter Hedges’ “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” Such a great book. Two recent documentaries that are well worth watching are Ken Burns’ “Jackie Robinson” and “The Roosevelts.” So good.
If you could have dinner with one person, living or dead, who would it be?
It would probably be Agatha Christie because she was a great author and lived an interesting life. It would be interesting to hear how she came up with her stories and characters and how they evolved. I would need to ask her about the 1925 Harrogate scandal. The other possibility would be Susan B. Anthony. Without the efforts of her, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and many others women’s rights wouldn’t be what they are today. I would want to hear all the trials, tribulations and triumphs they went through.