Meet Beach Pace: West Point grad, Army vet, and non-profit CEO who currently serves as a member of the Hillsboro City Council in Hillsboro, Oregon. Beach served in the Ordinance Branch of the U.S. Army, where she led teams that defused bombs around the world, and she was involved in State Department security operations for the U.S. President, Vice President, Secretary of State, and other senior political leaders.

After her military service, Beach spent nine years in the corporate sector, where she led high-performing sales teams in the Pharmaceutical industry. She then transitioned into the social change sector, becoming the Executive Director of City Year San Jose, an AmeriCorps program focused on keeping students in high-need schools in school and on track to graduate. She currently serves as the CEO of Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Columbia Northwest.

Beach is a proud member of the LGBTQAI+ community, and in this discussion talks about what it was like to serve in the military in the era of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", and what it's like to run for political office as a Queer woman.

Beach is amazing servant leader, and we’re thrilled to lift up her voice on this Pride month episode of our podcast.

Dr. Jennifer Lawless and Emily Cherniack

The New Politics PodcastBy New PoliticsApr 27, 2021