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Mandy Rennehan

Inducted 2022

Mandy Rennehan is a board leader and visionary who knew how to overcome adversity at a young age. Her entrepreneurial vision started at the age of 10, when she was dubbed the 'local fish broker'. After working nights for local contractors she founded what is now the most successful and fiscally responsible retail maintenance business in the country with three collaborative divisions - Maintenance, Projects and Reconstruction.
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Biography

Mandy (Bear) Rennehan is called the Blue-Collar CEO™ for her ability to navigate between the white- and blue-collar worlds, and to respectfully ‘tell it like it is’.
She was Host, Designer and Contractor for HGTV’s show, Trading Up, and is a sought-after speaker, multiple award-winning self made entrepreneur, philanthropist, trade-industry ambassador and CEO/founder of Freshco.ca.
Her vision goes well beyond building successful businesses. She is redefining the collar, blue™ and changing the answer to ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?’ helping to solve the massive skilled trade shortage in North America and diversify its talent for generations of building to come.

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APA 7th Edition

The Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame. (2022, October 16). Mandy Rennehan. Nova Scotia Business Laureates Digital Archive. Retrieved from: https://nslaureates.ca/laureates/mandy-rennehan/

MLA 9th Edition

The Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame. “Mandy Rennehan”. Nova Scotia Business Laureates Digital Archive, 16 October 2022. nslaureates.ca/laureates/mandy-rennehan/