pme recently interviewed Barbara Higgens, who retired earlier this year as executive director and CEO of Plumbing Manufacturers International. Before joining PMI in 1998, Higgens was marketing director for Switchcraft, a division of Raytheon Co. Together with IAPMO and ASPE, she is co-founder of the Plumbing Industry Leadership Coalition, a group of organizations that includes PMI, American Supply Association and Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors – National Association.