Our Employees
We aim to empower our employees to become the best in the industry by pursuing personal integrity, ongoing training and safe work practices, and by cultivating a faith-and-family first culture — reminding ourselves that work and the ability to do so is a gift, not a burden.
Our Clients
We aim to exceed the expectations of our Clients by providing responsive, innovative, and value-added solutions, and through engaging in a fierce loyalty to their needs and objectives — doing our best to maintain an attitude of humility and service.
Our Work
We aim to excel in the industry by looking for intelligent and profitable growth opportunities, making and keeping our commitments, and by engaging in a relentless pursuit of excellence — inspiring others through the art of craftsmanship and an entrepreneurial spirit.
The Team
Professionals with Family Values and Love for Community
Priscilla Graham, CEO
Priscilla is the founder and CEO of Graham Industrial and functions as our contracts manager and financial controller. Her professional background before her years as a business owner was in insurance.
She grew up in a family-owned insurance company and worked her way up through the ranks to become a licensed personal insurance agent.
Priscilla loves being a mom and grandma and works hard in her garden and greenhouse during the summer months.
Joe Rau, EH&S Manager
Joe joined the Graham Industrial Team in 2022 and works daily to create safe and healthy work conditions for our people while exercising concern for the environment.
Joe has a military background, and subsequent careers in law enforcement, and fire-fighting emergency response.
Joe is also a skilled carpenter and musician, and is a devoted husband, father, and grandfather.
Douglas Graham, COO
Doug is the co-founder and COO of Graham Industrial and is closely involved in contract negotiation and day-to-day operations. He earned a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership in 1999, and has worked in the construction industry for 40 years.
Doug is an AMPP Level III Coating Inspector, and has recently become an AMPP CIP Instructor.
Doug loves working on and flying airplanes, as well as enjoying the Alaska Outdoors during all four seasons. He is a family man and a grandfather.
Megan Graham, HR Mngr.
During a break from her Sport Horse Jumping career, she joined the “family business” and is still with us!
Since 2019 Megan has diligently managed the company’s employee benefits plan as well as it’s vendor relationships.
When not at work, Megan loves backcountry and downhill skiing, long-distance running, and camping with her golden retriever, Stewart.
Christian Mitchey, Sr. PM
Christian has been with Graham Industrial since our day of inception and has consistently risen through the operation ranks to his current position as Sr. PM.
Christian is an AMPP Level II Coating Inspector and is working on the prestigious AMPP “Protective Coatings Specialist” (PCS) certification.
He is husband to Maddy, and father to Kinsley and loves riding street bikes during the summer months.
Naomi Graham, Marketing
Dr. Naomi Graham’s primary career field is medicine, but she has also made room in her professional life to assist the family business as its marketing manager.
Naomi is a gifted musician, artist, communicator, and content creator. She works diligently to help Graham Industrial share and celebrate it’s effort to preserve, restore, and enhance infrastructure of many types.
In her limited spare time Naomi helps her husband lead a life group for their church, play music in a worship band, and train her dog, Ronin.
Culture of Safety and Excellence
Graham Industrial Coatings operates every project with the safety of our employees, clients, the community, and the environment as our highest priority. We insist on the configuration of a clean, healthy, safe, and relationally productive jobsite for our team members. When choosing our methods and materials for a project, we carefully consider craft-worker and environmental impact.
Graham Industrial Coatings Core Safety Training Requirements:
OSHA 10hr Construction Outreach
NSTC 8hr
AK Haz Paint 16hr
Confined Space 4hr
EPA Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting: 16hr
Asbestos Abatement Certification: 40hr
Forked Material Handler 4hr
Scaffold Awareness & Erection 4hr/16hr
Aerial Platform Lift 4hr
Respiratory Safety & Health Training 4hr with fit testing, pulmonary surveillance
Fit-For-Duty Testing & Qualification
Full 5-Panel Drug & Alcohol Screening
34,643
Accident-Free Hours in 2022
Organizations Supported
Purpose Beyond Profit
We at Graham Industrial Coatings are strongly committed to giving back to our community and to those that support us. We feel it is our obligation to continue to build up the community around us—not just here in Alaska, but globally as well. Our future success—both in this community and among our employees—is dependent upon the seeds we plant today.
The following list includes organizations that we at Graham Industrial Coatings have had the privilege and opportunity to support over the years.
