Welcoming Mallory Hagel
Mallory Hagel is an islander at heart — born and raised on Whidbey Island and now happily living here on Orcas.
Mallory first moved to Orcas in 2015. With a strong background in labor and community organizing, she helped launch the countywide effort to establish the real estate excise tax (REET) for affordable housing, which was passed by voters in 2018.
Returning to Orcas in 2023, Mallory now works remotely, providing high-quality benefits to 55,000 home care workers in Washington and Montana.
She’s excited to be a newly appointed trustee of OPAL. She has also joined the county’s Housing Advisory Committee in its work to provide housing solutions and reduce homelessness.
Mallory has personally experienced the housing challenges of living on Orcas. “In the five years I was away, I realized how much the island’s housing instability affected me,” she explained.
Grateful to be back among friends and closer to family, Mallory is eager to help create stability and opportunity for others who live and work here.
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