Our Team
We live in community.
Dykes With Drills is made up of a network of people who are passionate about sharing their love and knowledge of building with others, and exemplify the goals and values that we nurture in our participants.
Julie Peri
FOUNDER & Director
Bay Area Program Liason
Julie is a builder. She spent her childhood playing with LEGOs, got a degree in civil engineering and worked as a construction supervisor with Habitat for Humanity prior to starting Dykes With Drills to teach women and queers how to build. Julie believes in learning from our mistakes, collaborative team work, and creative design process. Julie is passionate about sharing her love of growth with others, and believes that “anything is possible.”
Carrie Rasor
Education Outreach Coordinator
New Orleans Program liason
Carrie’s interest in the durability and craftsmanship of antique furniture lead her to enroll in the furniture making program at the Chicago School of Woodworking a few years ago where she fell in love with the process of woodworking and making furniture. Carrie has several years of experience as an educator and academic advisor with both youth and adult learners, which lends itself to helping her create classes and curriculum for Dykes With Drills.
Jackie Frole
New York Program Liason
Jackie, a set designer and artist living and working in Chicago, is thrilled to bring Dykes With Drills to New York. Jackie began her woodworking career designing and building sets for theater. She also creates and styles sets and props for tv & film; her favorite among them being TruTV’s hidden-camera magic prank show “The Carbonaro Effect.”
AK Kritt
Chicago Program Liason
AK Kritt first joined the DWD team during the pandemic with an awesome, two part virtual weaving and loom making workshop. She is an incredible community builder, has great ideas for workshops, meetups and builds, is outgoing, connected and a wonderful addition to our team!