Dana joined our Rotary club on September 28.  She was sponsored by Dave Duskin.  She, and her family, are owners/members in S & S Roofing, LLC.

 

Dana was born in September of 1978.  She has 2 brothers and 2 sisters, each 18 months apart.  One of her earliest memories is on her dad and family building their family home in the Marysville area.  She never knew her maternal grandparents since they died young.  Her paternal grandparents had a family farm and they died when Dana was in high school.

 

Her father, Steve Johnson, worked for the telephone company when Dana was young. He left the company to become a home builder, as did her uncle.  The whole family are hard workers. and they tried their best to get Dana involved in the business.

 

Although hard workers, the extended family took 2 or 3 vacations each year.  Crescent Bar on the Columbia and Whistler ski trips were common.  

 

Through the 6th grade, Dana went to Grace Academy, a private school in Marysville.  Although her high school diploma is from Marysville Pilchuck, Dana attended community college in Running Start.  She reported that she bleeds U of W purple!

 

Dana was married.  She and her husband had a daughter on the way when Dana was in an auto accident and lost the child.  Soon thereafter her marriage was in the process of being dissolved when she learned she was pregnant again.  She has raised her daughter Ashly as a single mom.  Ashly is 16 and to celebrate her 16th birthday they went to Disneyland.

 

McDonald's Restaurant is where Dana initially chose to work rather than the family business.  She lived in Seattle.  Her daughter attended a co-op school.  After McDonald's, Dana worked in the real estate business in Seattle. She worked days and mothered at night.

 

After the real estate market crashed in 2008, the family moved to Arlington to get a fresh start.  Steve Johnson and Shane Dunlap started S & S Roofing.  Still a very close family.  Her parents and sister have houses in the same neighborhood and Dana is building one there as well.  Huge family holiday gatherings and they have Sunday dinner as a family each week.

 

S & S Roofing, its owners and employees are very community oriented.  It donates to many causes both in time and money.  A big benefactor has been the Arlington Boys and Girls Club.  Dana and family members have sponsored teams and have coached.  Dana coached volleyball for 6 years and recently Ashly took over as a coach. Ashly hopes one day to play volleyball for the WSU Cougars.

 

Other examples of the generosity is that food was provided for 45 families at Thanksgiving and 65 at Christmas.  Following the earthquake in Mexico $10,000 was sent to a village where the family of one of its employees live. Dana also goes to Seattle twice a week to help homeless women learn computer skills.

 

S & S Roofing employs about 45 persons working in 9 crews.  Last year 500 homes were roofed and this year it is on pace for 600 homes.  It's philosophy is to make it right, whatever it takes! 

 

Dana does whatever is needed to be done in the office, from receptionist to marketing and estimating repairs.  Since its office opened 3 years ago on West Avenue in Arlington, Ashly worked there while attending Stanwood High School.  More recently Ashly has shifted to on-line schooling, while working at S & S, until she can get into a Running Start program.  Ashly is involved in Spread the Kindness, a movement that has resulted in about 300 lbs. of food being donated to the Arlington Community Food Bank last month.

 

ADR Roofing and A-OK Roofing are companies that were owned by family and which are now affiliated companies.

 

In her spare time, Dana likes to travel, hike, bike and cross fit.  As her daughter is not at home as much, she may be looking for more hobbies.  Her life has pretty much centered around Ashly, her family, and work.