Ep. 198 Building More Than Structures: Leadership and Community Impact with Vicencia "Vee" Adusei

About this episode

Vicencia "Vee" Adusei discusses her journey in the construction industry, focusing on leadership, resilience, and community impact.

This week on Mission CTRL, Ramon and Jorge sit down with Vicencia "Vee" Adusei, founder and president of VASE Construction, to discuss entrepreneurship, resilience, and what it means to lead in an industry where women are still underrepresented. Growing up in Ghana in a family deeply rooted in construction, Vee shares how witnessing roads, buildings, and infrastructure transform communities shaped her understanding of leadership and impact from an early age. What started as helping small contractors navigate bonding, estimating, and construction systems eventually evolved into building one of Connecticut’s fastest growing woman-owned construction management firms. Throughout the conversation, Vee reflects on navigating assumptions in a male-dominated industry, including memorable moments where clients mistook her employees for the company owner. Rather than focusing on stereotypes, she explains how consistency, confidence, and quality work became her response, letting the work speak louder than perceptions. Drawing from years of experience managing projects across housing authorities, hospitals, universities, nonprofit organizations, and private developments, Vee breaks…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ramon, Jorge

Guest: Vicencia "Vee" Adusei

Topics covered

• leadership
• entrepreneurship
• construction
• women in business
• mentorship
• community impact

Keywords

• construction management
• women-owned business
• mentorship
• entrepreneurship
• community transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VASE Construction

Places: Ghana, Connecticut

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