Hayley Johnson has been running The Legacy Paver Group since 2003. The company specializes in the design and installation of pavers and outdoor elements such as kitchens, firepits and retaining walls—a far cry from her background in PR and marketing for high-tech companies in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. But after a decade, “I’d tired of the high-tech industry by the time my first daughter, Cyd, was born. The days were long and the work was unrewarding. I wanted to spend more time with her.”
Hayley’s father was running a small company installing paver driveways in Marin County at the time, so she and her husband made the move from Los Angeles, and Hayley decided to take some time to help her dad organize and grow his business. “It was only supposed to be for a year or so, but I quickly developed a passion for the work,” she says.