Karmyn Babcock, Executive Vice President

Karmyn Babcock is Executive Vice President of The Weitz Company, where she helps lead strategic growth and business performance across the organization. As a member of the executive leadership team, she provides oversight of business development, marketing, preconstruction, estimating, and supply chain functions. Working across complex construction markets, including data centers, power, industrial, and aviation, Karmyn champions initiatives that advance safety, operational excellence, self-perform capabilities, leadership development, and market expansion. She is passionate about leveraging technology, innovation, and connected data to enhance project delivery, strengthen client partnerships, and drive long-term business success.

Long-Term Perspective
Babcock envisions a future for Weitz where technology and process innovation are not just enablers, but competitive differentiators. She believes that by embracing change, safely experimenting, and learning fast from our efforts, Weitz can deliver more value to clients while enhancing employee growth and satisfaction. Her long‑term focus is to create a workplace that is agile, responsive and consistently oriented toward quality and sustainability.

Community & Industry Affiliations

Construction Information Executive Group (CIEG) – Member
Iowa Women in Architecture – Member
Lean Construction Institute – Member
Oracle Advisory Council – Member
Procore Advisory Council – Member

Personal Interests
Outside of her role at Weitz, Babcock is an avid cyclist who participates annually in the RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa). She enjoys the camaraderie, challenge and sense of adventure the ride brings, mirroring the values she brings to her work.

Babcock is passionate about mentoring young professionals, advocating for women in construction and fostering environments where creative ideas are embraced and explored.

Thought Leadership & Industry Insight
Babcock shares insight on how she is guiding Weitz to lead the industry by embracing innovation, technology, and strategic thinking to take on key challenges such as sustainability, workforce demands, and infrastructure development.

Karmyn Babcock

“Weitz is a place where it’s safe to make mistakes. That may sound unusual, but mistakes are essential to learning. When people aren’t afraid to fail, creativity and innovation thrive. Leaders who have your back create space to grow, and that’s been my experience at Weitz.”