Undergrad degree/university: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
As vice president of social responsibility for the YMCA, Shanee’ Jenkins’ responsibilities include mission advancement, fundraising and diversity/equity/inclusion. In 2018, her contributions helped the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee become the 79th member of the YMCA of the USA’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Global (DIG) Innovation network.
She chairs both an internal staff and a board-sponsored volunteer committee comprised of Milwaukee diversity equity inclusion (DEI) officer thought-leaders.
Jenkins advocated for the Y to be one of the initial nonprofit organizations to sign the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce’s (MMAC) Region of Choice pledge committed to improving diverse hiring and management at businesses and organizations in the region.