Megin McDonell was recognized by the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors in June 2023.

By the initiative of Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson and Supervisor Peter Burgelis, some forty individuals and organizations were recognized by the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and presented citations in a special meeting on June 22, 2023. "Today, we recommit Milwaukee County to supporting and uplifting the LGBTQ+ community, celebrating those who make a substantial positive impact on the LGBTQ+ community in Milwaukee County," Supervisor Burgelis stated. "Today we are making up for lost time. We have dozens of people to recognize, not because so much has been done in the past year, but because decades and even years ago, there was little to no recognition of the LGBTQ+ community. I am thankful to work with a Chairperson who enables our County Board to honor these well-deserving individuals."

Recognitions were made in the categories of "Community Leaders and Activists," "Government Leaders," "Business and Cultural Leaders," and "Health and Wellness Leaders". McDonell's citation (largely self-written) read as follows:

• WHEREAS, Megin McDonell has nearly three decades of management experience working in nonprofits, including community organizing and coalition building, grant writing, fundraising, media and communications, program development and implementation, and financial management; and
• WHEREAS, Megin McDonell was the program Director at the Tenant Resource Center in Madison for fourteen years, and has been active in state and local politics and elections, including serving for eleven years on the Madison Equal Opportunities Commission an working on numerous aldermanic, county board, assembly, and congressional campaigns; and
• WHEREAS, Megin McDonell previously served as co-founding President of the Social Justice Center Board of Directors and Chair of the NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Board of Directors; and
• WHEREAS, Megin McDonell began working for Fair Wisconsin in 2011, which works to build a fair, safe, and inclusive Wisconsin for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people by advancing, achieving, and protecting LGBTQ+ civil rights through lobbying, legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, coalition building, and electoral involvement; and
• WHEREAS, Megin McDonell currently serves as the Executive Director of Fair Wisconsin, and has provided steady and effective leadership and advocacy despite the onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ policies and proposals have been enacted and proposed in recent years; and
• WHEREAS, Megin McDonell actively works to build coalitions with both progressive allies and LGBTQ+ partner organizations, building support and increasing visibility for LGBTQ+ people across the State of Wisconsin; now, therefore
• BE IT RESOLVED, the members of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, on the motion of Supervisor Burgelis, along with Supervisors Ryan Clancy, Priscilla E. Coggs-Jones, Caroline Gómez-Tom, Willie Johnson, Jr., Juan Miguel Martinez, Shawn Rolland, Steven Shea, Liz Sumner, Sequanna Taylor, Sheldon A. Wasserman, Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson do herewith commend Megin McDonell for her dedicated efforts and contributions to the LGBTQ+ community, and wish her prosperity, happiness, and continued success in all her personal and professional endeavors.