b'CAREER PROFILEremembers being entrusted to housesitmy opinion and appreciated the serviceIts also hard to fill a role that has for Carl and enjoying unfettered accessthey received. becomeshapedanddefinedbyone tohisfamilyspool.ThatwashowAlthoughPerryofficiallyretiredinindividual. For Perry, what started as a they were, she says. They were very2021,shereturnedtoherrolebrieflytemporary job turned into a one-of-a-generous,andnotjustfinancially,butin2025tofillinwhilethecompanykind career marked with trust, accom-with their time and help. searchedforsomeonewhocouldfillplishmentsandcamaraderieinan Perryformedsimilarbondswithher shoes. It wasnt an easy position toindustryshecametolove.Fiftyyears her coworker in the office, throughoutstepinto,sheadmits:ThejobIhadafterwalkingthroughBollmansdoors the shop and in the field. They werefor the first time, Perry says the journey characters,shelaughs.Forinstance,isnt something that you can just walkhasleftherwithauniqueperspective she continues, Back in the day, if weinto;thejobhasbecomealotmoreontheindustryandwithanenduring needed guys, we would actually drive tocomplex and you have to wear a lot ofkinshipwitheveryonewho,likeher, Oakalla prison to pick a few up to work.different hats. made Bollman their home.One of our longest and top performers for many years wore this jean shirt with numbers on the back. I was quite young at the time and couldnt figure out what those numbers meant. He explained that they were a reminder of where he came from and where he was going. It was part of his presence, almost like a uniform.Those were the kinds of people you met back then, she says. They were so unique, so memorable.Over time, Perry herself became the familiarfaceatBollman.Andbeyond hercompany-wideresponsibilities,she eventuallytookonanunofficialrole asthecompanysin-houseconfidante. I learned everything about those guys and met their wives, girlfriends and kids. Theyd come to me to talk about what was going on in their lives or the prob-lems they might have been having. It was almost like I had a sign outside my office saying the doctor is in. Thatwasveryimportanttome, she admits. I think thats what kept me there all those years. It was like a family.BIG SHOES TO FILLIts safe to say Perry has seen it all at Bollman.Fromindustrychangesto technological upgrades, ownership tran-sitions to business expansions and the upsizes and downsizes that came with decades of change. Reflecting on it all, Perry is proud to have stayed on top of the constant changes that came her way and to have formed the bonds she did, both with her team and Bollmans clien-tele. One thing I would like to say that Im proud of is the trustnot only the company, but also our customershad in me, she says. I had many customers that I dealt with for years who trusted www.rcabc.orgl13'