The Rev. Betty Strathman
Pagett wasDirector of Education and Advocacy for the
Ecumenical Association for Housing from 1991 to 2007. She has served as
chairman or a member of the boards of many housing organizations, including the
Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California and the Campaign for Affordable
Housing. She worked with the County
of Marin, the Marin
Community Foundation, and local colleges to found the “healthy seniors” program
in affordable senior housing to bridge the gap between independent living and
assisted living. She chairs the Marin advisory group for Habitat for Humanity, and
is a board member of the HelenVineDe-ToxCenter. She was a parish
minister from 1973 to 1991 in White Plains and Bedford, New York, and Oakland, Concord, and San Rafael, California.
Rev. Pagett was Auburn Fellow and lecturer, Union Theological Seminary,
American Baptist Seminary of the West, San Francisco Theological Seminary. She
received her MRE from Union Theological Seminary in 1965 and her M.Div. 1975. She
was ordained by the UnitedMethodistChurch.