Breaking Ground: Women Driving Equitable Infrastructure with Danica Mason

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Danica Mason is an ENR Northwest 2024 Top Young Professional and Principal of Red Team Go. She has over 19 years leading A/E/C clients in winning proposals, DBE/inclusion strategies, and civil rights management for 15B dollar plus projects.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Scaling as a woman -or BIPOC- owned AEC firm is hard but specializing and delivering exceptional work creates real paths to the top.

2. True equity isn't a box to check, it shows up when small and diverse firms gain cash flow, capacity, and repeat work.

3. The fastest-growing firms aren't afraid to outgrow "small business" status, they embrace competing with the big players.

Check out Danica's website to learn more about her work in AEC, equity, and major infrastructure projects - Red Team Go

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0:00.0	Who's ready to rock today, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to entrepreneurs on fire, brought to you by high level, the all-on-one sales and marketing platform.
0:11.5	Today we'll be breaking down, breaking ground, women driving equitable infrastructure.
0:15.8	And to drop these value bombs, I brought Danica Mason into EO Fire Studios.
0:19.3	Danica is an ENR Northwest 24 top young professional and principal of Red Team Go.
0:25.1	She has over 19 years of leading AEC clients and winning proposals, DBE slash inclusion
0:30.4	strategies, and civil rights management for $15 billion plus projects.
0:35.3	Today we'll be chatting about scaling against the odds, building
0:37.8	equity first from day one, women-leading infrastructure, and oh, so much more. And the big thing
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