Full Text of HR0348 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dorri McWhorter on being | 4 | | named the first woman and first Black CEO of the YMCA of | 5 | | Metropolitan Chicago; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter received her bachelor's degree in | 7 | | Business Administration from the University of | 8 | | Wisconsin-Madison; she earned her Master of Business | 9 | | Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School | 10 | | of Management; she received an honorary Doctor of Humane | 11 | | Letters from Lake Forest College; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter became the CEO of YWCA | 13 | | Metropolitan Chicago, the oldest women-focused social service | 14 | | organization in Chicago, in March 2013; during her tenure, she | 15 | | led the agency into the digital age with the launch of the | 16 | | e-commerce platform YShop.org, the health insurance and | 17 | | information site womenshealthexchange.org, and the community | 18 | | engagement mobile app MPWR; she spearheaded the process of the | 19 | | YWCA developing an exchange traded fund (ETF) for women's | 20 | | empowerment (NYSE: WOMN) in partnership with Impact Shares, | 21 | | which is the first non-profit investment advisor to develop an | 22 | | ETF product; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter was unanimously nominated for the | 2 | | position of CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago by an | 3 | | eight-person committee after a national search was conducted | 4 | | when the previous CEO stepped down in November 2020; she plans | 5 | | to stay aligned to YMCA's mission of youth development, | 6 | | healthy living, and social responsibility while expanding to | 7 | | meet the needs of a population recovering from the devastating | 8 | | COVID-19 pandemic; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter serves or has served on the board | 10 | | of directors for several organizations, including the American | 11 | | Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the | 12 | | Illinois CPA Society, the Chicago Center for Arts and | 13 | | Technology, 1871 (Technology Business Accelerator), the Civic | 14 | | Consulting Alliance, the Civic Federation, Lifeway Foods, | 15 | | William Blair Funds, and the Skyway Concession Company | 16 | | (Chicago Skyway); she is a member of the Women in | 17 | | Entrepreneurship Institute at DePaul University, the Women's | 18 | | Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University, and the Illinois | 19 | | Charitable Trust Board; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter has earned a number of accolades | 21 | | during her career; she was named on the inaugural list of The | 22 | | Blue Network, which was comprised of the top 100 innovators in | 23 | | Chicago by the Chicago Tribune's Blue Sky Innovation; she | 24 | | earned the Innovative Leader Award by Good City Chicago; she |
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| 1 | | was also inducted into the Chicago Innovation Hall of Fame in | 2 | | 2019; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter is widely revered in Chicago as a | 4 | | champion for women; she is an advocate for both women and | 5 | | marginalized people; she prides herself on being a | 6 | | socially-conscious business leader and is committed to | 7 | | creating an inclusive marketplace by leveraging a multi-sector | 8 | | approach across business, civic, and community organizations; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dorri McWhorter will step into her new role on | 11 | | August 2, 2021; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate Dorri McWhorter on being named CEO of the YMCA | 15 | | of Metropolitan Chicago and wish her the best in her new | 16 | | position; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Dorri McWhorter as an expression of our esteem | 19 | | and respect.
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