why join us?
WHY JOIN US?
WE CURATE CONNECTIONS. By curating, we mean more, much more, than simply bringing qualified and certified contractors to projects. Our surveys of and interviews with major contractors, developers, and awarding agency representatives make it clear that it’s not enough. So, our organization works with our contractor base to continuously elevate its value for each project, each contract, each undertaking. This is by making them stronger and more viable businesses.
“To broaden access in the construction trades for underserved and underrepresented communities through Mentoring, Outreach, Representation, and Education.”
Join us for M.O.R.E.
We offer a comprehensive service package, for contractors, in the acronym MORE with:
Mentoring
Outreach
Representation
Education
Our service elements are personalized and curated to benefit prime contractors, subcontractors, developers, and awarding agencies. We call it full-duplex service.
“Nurturing the next generation of construction trade workers and contractors.”
Our priority is support to the small and minority contracting community. Within that framework, a portion of net proceeds from special events (golf tournaments and the like) are used to fund our other charitable interests with grants and scholarships benefitting pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship, housing, recovery, formerly foster cared, and Justice-Involved second chances in the following networks:
- Haddish House Not a house, but network support for housing, employment, and recovery for those who aged out, or are about to age out, of foster care.
- System Impacted Supporting second chances for returning citizens and other justice system-impacted or otherwise involved persons.
- Rebound Assistance in interrupting the cycle of addiction.
- The Unhoused In partnership with a national partner network, we are a phone call away from a referral to shelter support.
- Continuation School Students - in partnership with major construction contractors and contractor associations, we prime students for training and office placements in the industry.
MEMBERSHIP
Basic membership is free and affords subscribers a place on our database and mailing list with regular newsletter and eblast benefits. Also provided is free registration with Pegbo.com, the premier supplier diversity portal for equipment purchases and rentals.
Sustaining memberships begin at $600 annually and include all the benefits of basic membership plus incremental increases in branded premiums, mentoring, curation, promotion, workshops, training, and discounted admissions to events, along with additional perquisites throughout the program year. All sustaining members get MORE:
Mentoring, Outreach, Representation, Education.
Level One: >$600
1. CCA branded day planner
2. CCA Newsletter and CCA eBlast subscriptions
3. Remote mentoring
4. Inclusion in New Members press release and Profiles feature.
5. Access to all resources behind the Pay Wall
Level Two: $1000, everything from Level One and:
6. CCA Lapel pin
7. Annual Small Business Exchange newspaper subscription
8. CCA branded merchandise
9. Inclusion in Success Stories news articles and other promotional media.
Level Three: $1500, everything from Levels One and Two and:
10. In-person mentoring
11. CCA branded polo shirt (golf jersey)
Level Four: $2000, everything from Levels One, Two, and Three and:
12. CCA branded, hooded sweatshirt.
STAFF AND LEGACY TRUSTEES
STAFF
Käto Cooks, Chief Executive Officer
Priscilla Bruny, Administrator
PROGRAM LIAISONS
- Akiko-Ayalla Cooks, Education Advocate, Nevada
- Lola B. Coleman, Education Advocate, California
- Joseph C. Cooks III, Sacto-Bay Area - California
- Donesha Jackson, Central Valley - California
LEGACY TRUSTEES
Lola B. Coleman and Gloria J. Davis began this trek with us in July 2022, when they were called on to leverage their vast experience and knowledge in non-profit board governance and management in conceptualizing, and later fine-tuning, what is now the Construction Contractors Alliance.
Lola B. Coleman, MPA
Trainer in Board Governance & Management and Strategic Planning, former Underserved Geographic Areas manager, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
NASA Science Education Fellow
Gloria J. Davis, MA
Executive Director, Girls Club of Los Angeles
Former Board President, Girls Inc. - Los Angeles
Commissioner, County of Los Angeles
