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Randi L. Hodges has more than seventeen years of experience as a professional natural stone engraver. Hodges graduated from the Oregon College of Art. She originally worked as a sales representative in the gift-and-garden industry but was looking for a change of career when her daughter started kindergarten. Hodges stumbled across a stone engraving at a Seattle trade show and was hooked.

Hodges, an entrepreneur at heart, started her own natural stone engraving business. She was voted Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003 and 2006 by the Southern Oregon Women’s Access to Credit (SOWAC). She was given the 2002 award for a unique business idea through This Girl Means Business magazine.