HR0348 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Dorri McWhorter on being named the first woman and first Black CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; she earned her Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management; she received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Lake Forest College; and

WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter became the CEO of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, the oldest women-focused social service organization in Chicago, in March 2013; during her tenure, she led the agency into the digital age with the launch of the e-commerce platform YShop.org, the health insurance and information site womenshealthexchange.org, and the community engagement mobile app MPWR; she spearheaded the process of the YWCA developing an exchange traded fund (ETF) for women's empowerment (NYSE: WOMN) in partnership with Impact Shares, which is the first non-profit investment advisor to develop an ETF product; and

WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter was unanimously nominated for the position of CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago by an eight-person committee after a national search was conducted when the previous CEO stepped down in November 2020; she plans to stay aligned to YMCA's mission of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility while expanding to meet the needs of a population recovering from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic; and

WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter serves or has served on the board of directors for several organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Illinois CPA Society, the Chicago Center for Arts and Technology, 1871 (Technology Business Accelerator), the Civic Consulting Alliance, the Civic Federation, Lifeway Foods, William Blair Funds, and the Skyway Concession Company (Chicago Skyway); she is a member of the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute at DePaul University, the Women's Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University, and the Illinois Charitable Trust Board; and

WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter has earned a number of accolades during her career; she was named on the inaugural list of The Blue Network, which was comprised of the top 100 innovators in Chicago by the Chicago Tribune's Blue Sky Innovation; she earned the Innovative Leader Award by Good City Chicago; she was also inducted into the Chicago Innovation Hall of Fame in 2019; and

WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter is widely revered in Chicago as a champion for women; she is an advocate for both women and marginalized people; she prides herself on being a socially-conscious business leader and is committed to creating an inclusive marketplace by leveraging a multi-sector approach across business, civic, and community organizations; and

WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter will step into her new role on August 2, 2021; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dorri McWhorter on being named CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and wish her the best in her new position; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Dorri McWhorter as an expression of our esteem and respect.