For more than 30 years, Beverly G. Woods has spent a career in both community-based organizations and municipal government. With the responsibility for organizational development; consensus-building among diverse stakeholders; financial health, real estate, facilities, and compliance; building equity; and administration, she led and collaborated on the building of effective programs, mission-focused departments, productive staff, and an engaged public.

Often assigned to high visibility, potentially controversial projects, she focused on quality, equity, and returning self-determination to those affected. Recent examples of these projects include stabilizing communities after building collapses and utility failures; community-based COVID-19 vaccination programs; heat injury prevention programs; high quality shelter spaces for homeless families; and business development interventions to preserve services in neighborhoods.

Retired in December 2024, Beverly has pivoted to providing the same skills, expertise and access to the organizations for which she volunteers which include Reinvestment Fund; Philly Bridge and Jawn (PB&J), a nascent youth-serving organization in Philadelphia’s Kensington community; and the Powelton Village Civic Association, where she lives.

As she travels, she collects mini hotel toiletries, also collecting from others, for donations to Beacon House, a shelter in Kensington for people who use drugs.