Columbia stays in the family
The threatened pink workstations are a nonstarter, but Nancy Lematta has her hands firmly on the controls of Aurora, Ore.-based Columbia Helicopters.

The threatened pink workstations are a nonstarter, but Nancy Lematta has her hands firmly on the controls of Aurora, Ore.-based Columbia Helicopters. Her late husband, Wes, who founded the company with his brothers, charted a course that she plans to follow.

“Wes set the tone and I don’t plan any changes other than pink,” she said, tongue firmly in cheek, “and we talked a lot up until the last few months. I knew what he wanted for the company, so there won’t be any major changes.”