Growing up in a multi-generational roofing company, Kathleen Maxwell said roofing was all she knew when it came to business. While studying English, creative writing and marketing at the University of Tennessee, she earned extra money while helping around the office during semester breaks. After graduation, she asked her father, John — who took over Maxwell Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. from his father in 1986 — for a marketing job that she never intended to become a stepping stone to a rewarding career.