Kimle Nailer

Dr. Kimle Nailer is a licensed builder and owner of Nail-Rite Construction Company, a fully woman-owned business providing residential services in Detroit, MI. Dr. Nailer is a member of the National Association of Black Women in Construction (NABWIC) and served as the former National President from 2018-2022.

Dr. Nailer expanded her residential construction company into commercial contracting and partnered with prime contractors Turner Brooks to build Detroit’s Hockey and Basketball Arena and The Brinker Team building Piston’s Training Center, just two years inside of launching her company. Her company has also developed over 50,000 sf of retail spaces for major retail stores.

She currently serves as a Planning Commissioner, and previously was a Zoning Board member for Eastpointe, MI, where she supported the steering committee to revise the Zoning Board Ordinance to improve the process for new developments and businesses. As a former board member with Michigan Women’s Forward, a non-profit that provides capital for women-owned businesses, she chaired their CDFI committee and served on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Dr. Nailer holds a business degree from Wayne State University and successfully built her career as a Senior Business Analyst before transitioning into construction. She supports work force development initiatives and inspires Black Women to pursue careers in construction, an industry that supports the wealth transfer for economic empowerment of Black Communities.

Understanding the massive need for housing, Dr. Nailer shifted the focus of her construction to support early developers providing housing units in Detroit MI. She serves as the Construction Technical Assistant for Building Community Value (BCV) educating on managing construction budgets for rehab of single family or multi-unit properties. Affordable housing is needed and has become the fastest growing sector of new construction housing. As a result, Dr. Nailer’s new developments are multi-family properties, and she is currently developing a community of attached townhomes to address housing needs.

A dynamic Speaker, Best Selling Author, and Spiritual Intuitive Life Coach, Dr. Kimle Nailer is a successful, heart-centered entrepreneur who uses her own life story of overcoming low self-esteem as a compelling message to help women transform into confident businesswomen and leaders. In her spare time, she is a community advocate and enjoys mentoring the youth, so they are prepared with life skills.

Dr. Nailer has been celebrated for her work as a Community Leader in the Who’s Who in Black Detroit Fourth Edition, a publication celebrating African-American Achievements, for the coaching and mentoring services she provides through Positive S.I.S.T.E.R.S. The following year, she was recognized by U. S. Congressman Hanson Clarke for being an outstanding member in the community, and in October, she received the State of Michigan distinguished Governor’s Service Award, Mentor of the Year for the support she provides to youth in the Detroit metropolitan area. In 2012, she received the Breakthrough of the Year Award for Women in Business, and the 2013 Sojourner Truth “Ain’t I A Woman” Honorary Award. She has been

deemed one of Detroit’s Top CEOs in the “2020 Who’s Who in Black Detroit” Ninth Edition, and the recipient of the Michigan Chronicle’s Woman of Excellence Award 2020. Dr. Nailer was named one of the 2022 Crain’s Detroit Notable Women in Construction, Architecture and Design. She was a recent recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Humanitarian in 2023 for her years of community service.