The Truth About Being a Woman in the Trades With Cassie Pound and Leslie Harpole

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Cassie Pound is the Vice President of Quality Heating & Cooling, LLC, and Leslie Harpole is the Co-owner of Champion Plumbing.

Quality Heating & Cooling, LLC is a full-service HVAC and plumbing company in Glenpool, Oklahoma. Cassie has a heavy human resources and management background, having worked in HR for a trucking company and handling operations for a retail chain. She and her husband Oscar founded Quality Heating & Cooling in 2014, and Cassie handles the marketing side of the business. They have six beautiful kids. 

Champion Plumbing is a residential plumbing service business that Leslie and her husband, Brent, started. They service Oklahoma City and the surrounding areas. When Leslie left her job as a Land Technician at a petroleum land and surface services company in 2015, she channeled her passion for her community and other local businesses to start Champion Plumbing.

In this episode, Ryan Redding sits down with Cassie and Leslie to talk about what it is like being a woman in the trades industry. They explain the stresses women feel in this type of business dealing with customers and vendors while balancing managing the family.

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