Redefining the Lines

Megan Bailiff is the Founder/Owner and President/CEO of Equus Striping, a full-service pavement marking company serving the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area. As President and Chief Executive Officer of Equus Striping, Ms. Bailiff provides executive leadership for her growing business, leading operations and strategic direction with full responsibility for bottom-line factors, including long-range planning, and administrative, operational, and financial management of the company.

Although new to the world of entrepreneurial business when she founded Equus Striping, Ms. Bailiff is an accomplished executive with decades of experience in organizational and administrative management, skills which have helped her quickly generate a track record of increasing sales, growing the company’s revenue while spearheading operational improvements to drive productivity and reduce costs.

Since founding Equus Striping in May 2017 with her partners, Marcellus Shelton and twin brother Dan Bailiff, Ms. Bailiff has overseen more than a 200% increase in sales in the first four years. She obtained certifications in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, enabling business development in the lucrative area of set-aside programs for woman-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises and government contracting with Equus securing its first city contract as a Prime Contractor in 2020, just three years into the business.

Under Ms. Bailiff’s leadership, Equus Striping is a company that is dedicated to setting itself apart with superior pavement marking services as well as above-reproach business practices, exceptional customer relationships, and nurturing employee development. These leadership skills have also been recognized by the broader construction community, resulting in Ms. Bailiff being invited onto the local chapter Boards of Directors of both the American Subcontractors Association (ASAMW) and the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC-DMV) as an officer (Secretary) in May 2021. At Equus Striping, Megan Bailiff and her team are “Changing the World, One Line at a Time.”

Marcellus Shelton is Co-Founder/Owner and VP of Operations at Equus Striping. In his capacity as Vice President of Operations, Mr. Shelton supervises all field operations, designs and implements technical and safety training for all field employees, and is a critical member of the estimating team. Mr. Shelton, with his two decades of experience in the striping business, is renowned citywide for his expertise in design, layout, and precision striping.

He takes significant pride in his work, loves what he does, and has imparted that love to his business partners. Over 18 years working at the major striping company in the DC area before leaving to co-found Equus Striping, he has laid down lines on every street in Washington, D.C.

Not only has his work made the DC Metro Area safer for all motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians, he can personally claim credit for helping to keep our Nation’s first African American President safe as well. Mr. Shelton is proud to have been given the responsibility to lay down the blue line designed to ensure President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s safety as they walked along it down Pennsylvania Avenue during the 2008 inauguration. And it is with this same skill and pride that Equus Striping guarantees to provide the best quality striping and exceptional customer service.

Furthermore, as a lifelong DC native, Mr. Shelton is committed to helping Equus Striping to be a force for good in his hometown both as an employer and through the targeted community.