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Her Own Wings

Her Own Wings is a podcast featuring women in leadership across Oregon, hosted by CM Hall, a proud member of the Newport Oregon City Council.

The inspiration for this podcast came about recognizing that statistically, we just do not have nearly enough equitable numbers of women in leadership… and highlighting women could be an opportunity to feature and uplift a lot of everyday changemakers and perhaps, encourage more folks to seek elective office or careers as city managers and the like.

The name of our podcast comes from Oregon’s motto: She Flies With Her Own Wings.

We know that historically women do so much of the volunteer labor professionally and domestically on their own – and their to-do lists can be miles long – and to add unpaid elected civic roles while juggling personal lives … it can be A LOT. Hopefully these conversations will inform others about awesome women who are creating positive change in our state and create connections with others who have or are hoping to engage in service.

This podcast effort is a collaboration with the League of Oregon Cities. The LOC is the trusted, go-to resource that helps city staff and elected leaders across Oregon’s 241 cities by providing training, resources, information, and legislative advocacy. This podcast is also a partnership with the LOC’s Women’s Caucus which works to actively help women in municipal government positions succeed.

Mostly, this podcast will feature women in municipal government, but we also will sprinkle in interviews with women in other positions in government – elected or as staff. Among many objectives, we hope this informs and inspires those listening to think about the way they could join and become involved in public service and leadership.

Thank you to our podcast sponsor: Allied Video Productions (alliedvideo.com)!

Copyright: © 2024

Latest Episodes:

Re-Broadcast: Councilor McKennon McDonald, Pendleton Jun 26, 2024

Show notes

Councilor McDonald was elected to the Pendleton City Council in 2014 and was re-elected in 2022 for a third term. Councilor McDonald is running for the position of Mayor of Pendleton in the May 2024 election. She serves as Council President and sits on the Pendleton Airport Commission, Development Commission, Library Board, and Budget Committee. Councilor McDonald is an LOC Board Director and Women's Caucus Board Member. Her commitments also include a full-time job with the InterMountain Education Service District as the Oregon Trail REN Coordinator, volunteering in the community, being a wife and mother. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Portland, a Masters in Teaching from Eastern Oregon University, and most recently a Principal License from Lewis & Clark College.

Re-Broadcast: Executive Director Patty Mulvihill, League of Oregon Cities Jun 19, 2024

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Patty Mulvihill joined the League of Oregon Cities organization as assistant general counsel in 2016, then served as general counsel for four years prior to her appointment as executive director. Under her leadership, Mulvihill:

● Led the development of the LOC's current five-year strategic plan;

● Represented the LOC on key statewide committees to address the homelessness crisis;

● Successfully oversaw and managed all LOC's operations, fiscal activities and staffing for five departments: Communications & Marketing, Finance, Intergovernmental Relations, Legal Research, and Member & Administrative Services;

● Developed and oversaw the LOC's Fiscal Year 2023 budget;

● Strengthened staff morale and retention by building an internal culture of trust;

● Strengthened internal financial controls;

● Coordinated municipal lobbying efforts and built relationships with public and private organizations; and

● Served as an information resource for citizens, media, legislators and the business community.

Prior to joining the LOC, Mulvihill served the city of Bloomington, Ind. for 12 years, first as an assistant city attorney from 2004-14, then as the city's lead attorney from 2014-16. She earned her bachelor's degree and juris doctorate from Indiana University. Mulvihill is a member of the Oregon State Bar and the Indiana State Bar and has earned certifications from Cornell University (Diversity and Inclusion), Boise State University (Conflict Management), the Leadership Strategies Institute (Effective Facilitation) and the HR Training Center (HR Generalist).

League of Oregon Cities

Re-Broadcast: Councilor Carol MacInnes, Fossil Jun 12, 2024

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Carol has served the City of Fossil as mayor for 8 years and now as councilor for one year. Engaged in community volunteer service for over 30 years, EMT-I for the ambulance, Reserve Deputy for the Sheriff's Office, and Victim Advocate for the county. Councilor MacInnes received the 2023 James C. Richards Award from the League of Oregon Cities for her service.

Councilor Carol MacInnes

Re-Broadcast: Councilor Beach Pace, Hillsboro Jun 05, 2024

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Beach Pace has spent her career building strong, efficient teams and collaboratively overcoming challenges to serve the community she loves.

First elected to Hillsboro City Council in 2018, Beach is currently serving her second term as City Councilor. As Councilor, she has championed diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI), affordable housing, transportation solutions, COVID-19 response, support of small businesses, expansion of job opportunities, and market rate housing. She also serves on the Budget Committee, the Transportation Committee, the 2035 Committee, the Westside Modal Improvements Study Steering Committee, and the Council Creek Regional Trail Committee. In addition, Beach served as a board member of the League of Oregon Cities for three years and is a founding board alumna of the Westside Queer Resource Center.

Beach found her calling in the social change (nonprofit) sector and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Columbia Northwest. Her previous experience includes Vice President of Road Trip Nation and service as Vice President and Executive Director of City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley. Before transitioning to nonprofit work, Beach led sales and marketing teams in the public sector.

Beach learned to lead at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where she earned her Bachelor of Science and began her seven-year career with the U.S. Army. There, she served in Explosive Ordnance Disposal as Executive Officer and Commander within the Ordnance branch. Beach also earned her Master of Public Administration from Northern Michigan University.

Beach always finds time for her wife of more than twenty years, Jincy, their two teenage children, and her mother-in-law. Beach boasts her spaghetti-making skills, loves to walk trails in Hillsboro, and she is never too busy to find the fun and positive in everything she does.

https://electbeachpace.com

City of Hillsboro

Re-Broadcast: Councilor Dr. Ramycia McGhee, Albany May 29, 2024

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Dr. Ramycia McGhee is a keynote speaker, councilwoman, and educator. She is a Chicago native, a tenured professor of English & Literature at Linn-Benton Community College, and the first African American woman to serve on the Albany City Council.

Since coming to Linn Benton Community College in 2017, she has inaugurated the Black History Month Essay Contest, coordinates Black History Month programming, serves as the departmental Writing 121 testing coordinator, and more at LBCC.

In addition, Dr. McGhee serves on the Oregon Humanities Board of Directors. She is a member of Oregon State University's Advisory Board for the Adult and Higher Education master's and doctoral programs and is a current board member for the League of Oregon Cities Women's Caucus. She is a contributing author to two books one is entitled Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls and the other Don't Forget About the Adjuncts!

Dr. McGhee is the Founder of the Valencia Cooper Second Chance Scholarship Opportunity Award which solely benefits Black students who are or want to attend a community college in the state of Oregon. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.

Dr. McGhee is a 2019 recipient of the Oregon State University's Community Member Black Excellence Award.

Dr. McGhee is also a 2020 nominee of the Analee Fuentes Unity Award. This award is presented annually to one employee in recognition of their commitment to diversity and social justice at LBCC.

In 2021, Dr. McGhee was awarded a Faculty Fellowship from LBCC in which she peer-mentored and coached other faculty in creating Black Culturally Center Assignments across disciplines.

Dr. McGhee is a Barbie collector and enjoys traveling, reading, writing, dancing, and spending time with friends, family, and her Shi-Tzu Cupcake.

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Mayor Denyse McGriff, Oregon City May 22, 2024

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Oregon City Mayor Denyse McGriff has extensive experience in government. She was the Principal Planner for the city from 1988 to 1996. Now retired, she has has worked for a number of local governments, including the Lane Council of Governments, Columbia County, City of Tillamook, Deschutes County, City of Oregon City and rounded out her career at the Portland Development Commission. Her public service career was multifaceted with an emphasis on historic preservation/conservation, adaptive reuse and land use planning.

Denyse was first appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Commission in 2019, and then won a four-year term in 2020. She was elected to complete Mayor Lyles Smith's term in August of 2022 before winning a full term in the next election. As the first woman of color to be elected mayor in Oregon City, she continues to champion a government and community where everyone has a voice. She has been active in the League of Oregon Cities DEI and the founding of the People of Color Caucus.

She is active in several organizations and efforts in the Portland metro area such as the Oregon City Planning Commission, the Clackamas Heritage Council, McLoughlin Memorial Association, 1000 Friends of Oregon, Bosco-Milligan Foundation/Architectural Heritage Center, National Trust for Historic Preservation among many others. In 2013, she was awarded the Ruth McBride Powers Memorial Award for Service. The award notes the following: "Denyse's passion for preservation and love for her community is very evident. No matter what hat Denyse has worn over the years, she continuously pushes everybody she meets to try a little harder and aim a little higher"- Vicki Yates, Oregon City Historic Review Board member. In addition, in 2018, she was a member of the Rose Farm Management Committee who received the Ruth McBride Powers Memorial Award for their service.

Denyse grew up in a military family and gained an appreciation for the small older communities adjacent to the bases. She arrived in Oregon in 1975 to attend graduate school at the University of Oregon and went on to graduate with degrees in Political Science (MS) and Urban and Regional Planning (MURP). While at the University of Oregon, Denyse had a work study job with the Bureau of Governmental Research and Service/League of Oregon Cities. She has now come full circle!

Councilor Tita Montero, Seaside May 15, 2024

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As an adult living in Seattle, Shoreline and Mukilteo, WA, Tita considered herself apolitical. She researched candidates and issues and voted but she had no thoughts of being involved in local government. But, when she moved to Seaside in 2002, she started attending city council meetings, as well as commission, committee and board meetings because she thought that's what a responsible citizen should do. Within a couple of years she was elected to the board of the downtown development association and became the Chamber President. In 2004 she led a group which sued city hall for the right of citizens to vote on whether to allow ODOT to make 101 through Seaside into a five lane highway. Not many people can say they sued city hall and won! Not only did the citizens get to vote, 57% of those voting turned down ODOT's proposal which would have destroyed 17 businesses and more than 70 homes. You could say that most of the city council members were not her fans. When she ran for office in 2006, the other guy got ONE more vote than she; but, in 2010 she was both appointed and elected to the council where she has served the city of Seaside for the last 14 years. During her years in Seaside, Tita has also co-owned a fabric store, worked as the Business & Community Liaison at Tongue Point Job Corps Center as well as the executive director of the Seaside Downtown Development Association. She estimates she has served on twenty or so boards, councils and commissions during the past 22 years. And this is the person who just had her sights on being a Library Board member when she moved to Seaside.

Mayor Jessica Engelke, North Bend May 08, 2024

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Mayor Engelke was elected by her community to serve the City of North Bend as Mayor in November 2022 and was the first female mayor. Her current term expires in November of 2024. Mayor Engelke had served previously as a North Bend Council Member after being elected as mayor in November 2018.

Jessica Engelke is a longtime North Bend resident invested in making our community a better place. She is a tenured Business Professor at Southwestern Oregon Community College and teaches a variety of business classes.

Jessica is very active in the community, besides her volunteer position as North Bend's Mayor she serves on several local boards and, in 2017, was the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce President.

After having the opportunity to live in Los Angeles, New Jersey, and Amsterdam, she returned home to North Bend in 2010 with her husband, Steven Ryan, and two daughters, Emily and Sophia, and has remained active in the community ever since.

Jessica has over 30 years of hands-on experience in the business community.

www.instagram.com/mayorjessicaengelke

www.facebook.com/JessicaNBmayor

Councilor Kori Rodley, Springfield May 01, 2024

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Kori Rodley is a lifelong Oregonian who was elected to the Springfield City Council in 2019 and she is the first out lesbian to serve on the council. Currently, she serves as chair of the Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA), chair of the Lane County Human Services Commission, and as a voting member of the League of Oregon Cities General Government Policy Committee. Her past service has included Springfield Utility Board budget committee and the 4J school district Equity Committee. In her day job she works with Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services.

Kori and her spouse, Teri, are the proud parents of five adult children and the extra-proud grandmas to 7-year-old Calvin and 3 year-old Penny. In her "spare time" she loves digging in to renovate their "empty-nester" 1949 home and garden in the heart of Springfield. Kori is passionate about improving the housing and livability in Springfield, as well as creating an environment that supports diverse small businesses and building a community that is safe, welcoming, and inclusive for all.

https://kori-rodley.com/

Councilor Beatriz Botello Salgado, Newport Apr 24, 2024

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Beatriz Botello Salgado has been serving as a Newport City Council member for the past 5 years. She was appointed in January of 2019 and ran for election in 2020 to a 4 year-term. Beatriz has lived on the Oregon Coast for 28 years and actively volunteers and participates in various community committees. For the past 20 years, she has been a part of the OSU Extension team as a nutrition educator. Beatriz collaborates on projects between agencies and non-profits that promote diversity and equity by using different communication strategies. She advocates for the advancement of community and the preservation of the environment.

Beatriz enjoys living in Newport with her husband and has three adult daughters who all live in different cities in Oregon. In her free time, she loves talking with family and friends, reading, and learning about other cultures.

www.NewportOregon.gov

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