b'CAREER PROFILELEAVING HER MARK Margaret Perry says goodbye to Bollman RoofingBY MATTHEW BRADFORDM argaretPerrydidntthinkwho would sit there all day long workinghighlighttheonesthatheshouldbe she was launching a careerout the hourly rates and all the costs oflooking at.whenshetookherfirstthe job. Perrysresponsibilitiescontinuedto joboutofhighschoolatIt was a lot to get used to all at once,grow.Shebeganhandlingreceivables, BollmanRoofing&SheetMetalLtd.but Myrna, who ran the department backvetting contractors, making pricing calls It was 1969 and I was still figuring outthen, was there to help, and I learned aandtakingonmorebusiness-critical what I wanted to do, she remembers. Ilot, she adds. tasks, all while gaining a deeper under-guess I was having a bit too much fun,Atthetime,Bollmanssmallteamstanding of the companys systems and because eventually my dad said I neededwas led by the companys founders: Carlprocesses. And as the years accumulated, to get a job. Bollman, Terry Mitchell and Ray Sword.Margaret began to appreciate Bollman as Aftermakingafewcallstofamily,Each played a role in making Perry feelmore than a steady and interesting job, Perry found herself interviewing for anwelcome,butitwasSwordwhotookbut as a home away from home: My entry-level accounting role at a roofinga particular interest in teaching her thefather passed away when I was 25. He companyinSurrey,B.C.,whereherbroaderpartsoftheroofingindustry.wasaveryimportantpartofmylife. brother-in-lawwasworking.ThejobRay took me under his wing a bit andAnd in a lot of ways, Carl, Ray and Terry turned out to be a decent fit given herstarted showing me how he looked atstepped in to take on that role.bookkeeping courses from school, andthingslikeplansandspecifications,Perryrememberstheownersstep-soon, she was jumping right in. I kindPerryrecalls.Irememberthatweping in to support her on more than a of got thrown into it, Perry says. Allused to get daily information from thefew occasions. With great fondness, she I had was a typewriter, and everythingconstruction association about differentrecalls a time when Carl let her use one was manual at the time, even the costing,projects,andheusedtohavemegoofhisusedcarsindefinitelyuntilshe which was done by a retired gentlemanthrough all those pieces of paper andcould afford to fix hers. In another, she 12 lROOFINGBClFALL 2025'