Professional Women in Building Council
The Professional Women in Building Council (PWB) is a select group of residential building professionals who share strategies and solutions to promote, enhance, and support professional women in today’s home building industry through education, networking, mentoring, and legislative awareness.
Founded in 2015, the PWB council is passionate about meeting the needs of current and future female members of the Home Building Association of Greater Portland. Join us today and help shape the future of the PWB, including forming social activities, advocacy issues on which to focus, refining council goals, and participating in existing Home Building Association events.
Council membership is only $85 and can be easily added to your existing Home Building Association membership. Open to all Home Building Association members. Contact the HBA office at (503) 684-1880 to join today.
To engage with the PWB Community, email council chair Melanie Duncan at meld@firesidedist.com.
PWB supports local non-profit Girls Build
Throughout the year, PWB raises funds to support Girls Build, a local non-profit organization dedicated to putting tools in the hands of girls and letting them explore the world of building and fixing. Each summer, Girls Build hosts summer camps that allow girls to explore hands-on building activities with other girls. They explore hammering, painting, soldering copper, concrete, roofing, electrical, and much more, all with girls their age, and taught by female instructors. Over the course of each week, girls build a playhouse from start to finish. This year, the playhouse was auctioned off at the NW Natural Street of Dreams to support the Girls Build scholarship fund.