Girls Build Staff

Katie Hughes, Executive Director

Katie is passionate about girls exploring the world of building. From hammering to taking stuff apart, she wants girls to learn to be fearless. With 10 years of teaching building summer camps under her belt, this carpenter hopes every little girl gets to fall in love with swinging a hammer.

Ev Hu, Program Manager

Ev began her construction career as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity while working as a designer for The Oregonian. Eventually her volunteer passion became her full-time job, working as a site supervisor for Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East. There she delighted volunteers with her wit, construction skills, and baking expertise. She joins Girls Build™ excited to work with the next generation and pass on her building passion.

Anjeanette “Bubbles” Brown, Executive Director of Fun

Anjeanette is nothing if not passionate about girls and women learning the trades. Once a laborer, she now works tirelessly to educate women about living wage careers in the trades, and teaching girls the fun and logic of considering a career in the building trades. She loves teaching girls at camp, "accidentally" joining in games and making camp incredibly fun. She can magically guide 80 children seamlessly through camp while the rest of the staff stares in wonder. When camps aren’t in full swing, Anjeanette spends time in the community spreading the Girls Build™ mission as head of outreach.

Becca “Soda Pop” Schulze, Lead Instructor

After 10 years of sitting behind a desk working with college students, Becca decided it was time for a career change. She quickly fell in love with the hard work, problem solving, and creativity of building and decided to become a residential carpenter. Becca’s experience as a carpenter made her a prime candidate for instructing at summer camp and she was so good at it we made her the Lead Instructor! In the off season she can be found running workshops and chasing Ev around the warehouse keeping things neat and tidy. Becca is so excited to be a part of this team, and so grateful to have found the dream job she never knew she wanted.

Ashley Bos, Administrative Genius

Ashley has been keeping the Girls Build™ engine running smoothly since 2017 . Working tirelessly behind the scenes managing the finances, registration and Katie. She also hands out scholarships and sweatshirts like a “Bos” (see what I did there?). She loves some good tacos and ain’t afraid to keep us in line to keep us moving onwards and upwards!

Joleen Hess, IT & Stuff

Joleen came to Katie looking for life's purpose and found it behind the Girls Build™ computer. When she is not geeking out in the IT department or eating tacos with Ashley, she can be found tinkering on some random DIY project in her garage. At camp she can be found handing Bubbles a microphone or running around with iPads.