Dorri McWhorter

Dorri McWhorter became the CEO of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago in March 2013 and embarked upon a journey to transform the 140-year-old social service agency into a 21^st century social enterprise. McWhorter is moving the agency into the digital age by relaunching the TechGYRLS program, which focuses on developing STEM awareness for girls ages 9–14, and introducing 3D: Developing Digital Diversity, which provides web and mobile application development training to adult women. McWhorter was included in the inaugural list of “The Blue Network,” composed of the top 100 innovators in Chicago as named by Chicago Tribune’s Blue Sky Innovation, and has received Good City Chicago’s Innovative Leader Award. McWhorter received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master of Business Administration degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.