B. Pagels-Minor

B sits on the Board of Directors of the YWCA, an organization whose entire purpose is to empower women. In 2020, B and their team acquired an additional YWCA location that was in danger of closing, ensuring that women and children in a more suburban area of Chicago had their programs maintained. The YWCA also acquired Streetwise, an organization that allows individuals to become independent workers and develop their own income. With COVID, those individuals were given additional training that supported programs like vaccination registration, food assistance programs, and childcare. The YWCA also stepped up and provided 1000s of meals to Chicagoans who had lost their jobs due to COVID, as well as providing grants to support housing assistance. Outside of the YWCA, B speaks nationally and internationally on gender diversity and women’s inclusion including talks with companies such as British Airways, McMaster University, and Crunchyroll so far in 2021.