The winner of National Women in Roofing’s 2024 WORLD Award Veteran honor couldn’t be there in person during NWiR Days to deliver her acceptance speech, but her powerful message resonated nonetheless when read aloud.
“I’m proud of myself. Yep, I just said that,” Devri Pieratt, director of marketing and organizational development at Integrity Insurance & Bonding Inc. in Happy Valley, Ore., wrote. “I am wholeheartedly claiming this honor. Too often we shy away from taking credit for our accomplishments. It’s so easy to just blush and say ‘Aww, you shouldn’t have’ or ‘I don’t deserve it.’ Not today, friends.”