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PDX Veterans Event

Nov

18

PDX Veterans Event

by Oregon Executive MBA

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Thu, November 18, 2021

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST

Location

109 NW Naito Pkwy

109 Northwest Naito Parkway

Portland, OR 97209

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Hear fellow PDX veteran Beach Pace, CEO at Big Brothers Big Sisters, share the power of veterans taking an active role in the community.

About this event

Join us in person or on Zoom to hear from fellow PDX veteran Beach Pace, the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest. A US Army veteran, Beach will speak to her time in and eventual transition from military service, as well as the power and importance of having veterans serve in the community.

Following Beach, stay for food, drink, and networking.

About Beach Pace

Beach is originally from New Jersey and holds a BS from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MPA from Northern Michigan University. She served in the US Army in the Ordnance branch both domestically and overseas as a bomb squad executive officer and commander. As a commander she led her unit in highly sensitive explosive disposal operations, improvised explosive device operations and State Department security operations for the US president, vice president, secretary of state, and other dignitaries both foreign and domestic.

She currently serves at the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Columbia Northwest (BBBSCNW) . Its mission is to ensure all children achieve success in life via 1:1 professionally supported, long term and consistent mentorship. BBBSCNW serves 500 youth and their 500 mentors in the Portland and Vancouver metro areas. It is part of the 104-year-old Big Brothers Big Sisters Federation of sites serving youth worldwide. BBBSCNW was voted as one of the top 10 Non-profits in PDX and recently won the BBBS National Gold Standard Award two years in a row placing it in the top 1 percent of the 256 affiliates nationwide for overall performance.

Beach was elected to the Hillsboro City Council in November of 2018. She started her service as a city councilor in January of 2019.

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  • United States Events
  • Oregon Events
  • Things to do in Portland, OR
  • Portland Seminars
  • #leadership
  • #veterans
  • #nonprofit_organizations
  • #veterans_events
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