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It’s been an interesting journey for Danielle Brecheen who has spent 40 years in a male-dominated industry and now leads the only locally woman-owned and operated steel distributor in the region.
Her father Don founded Brecheen Pipe and Steel in 1980, and she began working there five years later. In time, her responsibilities increased from generating orders, to purchasing, to sales. When her sister left the business in 2017 and her parents passed away a few years later, Danielle took over and currently serves as president of the corporation.
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Top executives: Danielle Brecheen, Owner & President
Phone: 225.749.3553
Address: 2340 American Way, Port Allen, LA 70767
Website: brecheenpipeandsteel.com
“When I started, there weren’t many women in the industrial space and it was difficult trying to develop long-term partnerships,” she says. “I had to work faster, harder and smarter than my competitors to prove myself.”
Because of her determination and drive to succeed, she did prove herself and has helped a lot of other women along the way. “It has been very important to me to promote women in this highly competitive industry,” she says. “Because of the hardships and challenges I faced in the 1980s, I felt the need to promote more women into industrial sales and, ultimately, into leadership positions.”
