The National Constitution Center, the Eagles Stadium (Lincoln Financial Field), Cira Center, Sysco, 10 Rittenhouse, schools in Philadelphia and Margate, a race track, casinos and 13 pages of other projects, airports, condos, hotels and high rises, illuminate the force of nature that is Carol Tamburino. Her life’s work is mortar to our region’s foundation and her name dots our skyline shining through the buildings of which she was an integral part.

Like so many Italian-American immigrants, her parents started humbly, yet with that incredible work ethic. Savino (“Sam”) and Mary Biondi Tamburino built their family in South Philadelphia. His family originally from Naples, Savino worked three jobs: as an electrician for the railroad; as a barber; and a renaissance man that could fix everything. The neighbors knew him as a gentleman they could count on.