Becky O’Neil McBrayer

Raised on a small Christmas tree farm with her four brothers in Corbett, Oregon, Becky commuted to All Saints Grade School and Central Catholic High School in Portland. She studied theology and philosophy at Carroll College in Helena, MT, before earning a B.A. in Theology from Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. Alumni of The Women’s Campaign School at Yale University, Becky was a labor and civil rights activist and political campaign manager and consultant in Kentucky and several other U.S. states, before finally returning to Oregon. She is the former Director of Charitable Giving at The Healing Place, Kentucky’s largest shelter and recovery program, and she served as Co-Director at St. Francis Dining Hall, Southeast Portland's largest Catholic social ministry for the homeless. Becky now serves as Director of Community Programs at St. Andre Bessette Catholic Church in downtown Portland, providing hospitality and basic services to people experiencing extreme poverty, mental illness and addiction. In 2006, Becky's youngest brother murdered her Mother and Step-Father in Oregon. She is a Board Member of Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, a member of Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, and a regional spokesperson on death penalty repeal.