Applications Live for Our 2026 Young Women’s Leadership Conference

South Jersey Rising Juniors and Seniors were Treated to Productive Day of Career, Academic and Personal Exploration for the Future

The temperature was more than 100 degrees outside, but it was cool and comfortable inside the offices of Bovio Rubino Service in Voorhees where the independent, family-owned HVAC and plumbing service company was hosting its Young Women’s Leadership Conference on Wednesday, July 15.

Fourteen South Jersey rising juniors and seniors applied to attend and six accomplished women professionals representing different industries presented and led small group workshops at the Conference. There was also a community service initiative with the young women and presenters making 250 sandwiches for homeless guests of Cathedral Kitchen in Camden before their lunch break.

Bovio Rubino Service President Angela Rubino Hines created and personally hosted the Conference. After being named one of the top 12 women in HVACR (Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration) in 2025 by ACHR News Hines was inspired to pay it forward in her own community. Hines is also a mom to two young women, one in college and one in high school.

Hines was fueled by her own lack of role models in a male-dominated industry with a miniscule number of female workers and even fewer business owners. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) women made up 1.5 percent of HVAC mechanics and installers in 2021. Even fewer women own and run HVAC and plumbing service companies independently. Hines had few women role models coming up in the business.

Young Women Representing Eight South Jersey High Schools
Young women attending the Conference included three students from Lenape High School, Jillian Bak, Angelina Hines and Sofia Nathani, three students from Haddon Heights High School, Lucelia Durand, Tessa Ferraro and Allison O’Brien, two students from Shawnee High School, Laural Cattani and Ella Perry and two students from Cherry Hill High School East, Sophia Park and Nishka Taneja. Madison Barnett from Maple Shade High School, London Reevey from Collingswood High School, Madalyn O’Neill from Camden Catholic High School and Yesha Sethu from Cherokee High School were also selected to attend the Bovio Rubino Service Young Women’s Leadership Conference.

Subject matter experts presenting at the Conference in addition to Hines were CEO of ACCU Staffing Elaine M. Damm, Senior Investment Manager at Aberdeen plc Zoe McCormick, Jennifer Nagle, Vice President of External Affairs and Special Projects, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, Senior Product Manager at SimpliSafe Molly Nugiel, Founder of Higher Minds Laura Rubino and Dr. Barbara Winfield, owner of Family Practice Associates of Voorhees.

“Coming up in the HVAC and plumbing service industry, I lacked women mentors,” Hines said. “Giving young women in my own community every opportunity for success as they advance in life motivates me. The Conference was one way of paying forward the success I enjoy as a successful, independent business owner.”

The Bovio Rubino Service Young Women’s Leadership Conference is the program highlight of the HVAC and Plumbing Service company’s 2026 community cause “LeadHERship in ’26” which advances opportunities for young women through career readiness, entrepreneurship, community betterment and a personal health and wellness mindset.

About Bovio Rubino Service
Mom-owned and values-driven, since 1974 Bovio Rubino Service is family-owned and independently operated. Driven by accountability and principles, Bovio Rubino Service promises to treat its customers with honesty and integrity while providing South Jersey homeowners with high-quality HVAC and Plumbing products and service including installation, maintenance and repairs. With morals and good manners, we take care of our customers with highly skilled technicians, always striving to do what is right with unequaled passion. For additional information, contact Lisa Simon of SPRYTE Communications, lsimon@sprytecom.com, 856.857.6555 x22 or visit Bovio Rubino Service.

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