Whitney currently serves as a Senior Program Officer at the Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW). She is most energized by using philanthropy to strengthen nonprofit infrastructure, leadership, and sustainability. She is a strong advocate for multi-year and general operating support and her primary goals are demystifying overhead and scarcity and changing who gets to make decisions in philanthropy. Prior to joining CFW, she managed the Robert R. McCormick Foundation's grant making with its professional sports team partners making investments across priority areas (college access and persistence, workforce development and career pathways, youth development, and health and wellness). She began her career in nonprofit fundraising and development and then spent several years in talent acquisition and executive search before transitioning to program officer roles.
She is a former co-chair of the South Side Giving Circle at CFW, a 2021-22 Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) Connecting Leaders Fellow, a 2024 Chicago United for Equity (CUE) Fellow, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Whitney holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and African and African American Studies and a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis.
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