Following in her mother’s footsteps, Sandya Dandamudi, second-generation owner of GI Stone, runs a high-end stone fabrication operation and maintains a loyal staff of employees

For Sandya Dandamudi, GI Stone's success during the pandemic was not about gaining more customers. After all, the Chicago stone fabrication and installation company she leads already had more than a year’s worth of jobs on the books when 2020 began.