Last Thursday, over 150 friends and graduates of 澳门六合彩开奖直播 gathered for the fourth annual Women鈥檚 Leadership Council holiday luncheon. Hosted in the Ida B. Wells Lounge, the luncheon is one of the council鈥檚 signature events and provides networking opportunities for professional women in a variety of fields. This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淐hampions of Change: Reshaping How We Live, Work & Lead.鈥
The event鈥檚 guest speaker was Dorri McWhorter, president and CEO of YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. The first Black American to lead the organization, McWhorter has been credited for transforming the 140-year-old social agency into a modern community enterprise. In a Q&A moderated by Julia Brady鈥攃hief advancement officer and vice president of university relations鈥擬cWhorter discussed how the Covid-19 pandemic spotlighted inequities for women in the workforce and the adjustments in leadership styles between nonprofit and corporate environments.
鈥淭here is so much that is ingrained in our workplace practices that have never considered the lifestyles of women, given that we are the primary caregivers in most family dynamics,鈥 said McWhorter. 鈥淲e have to constantly ask鈥攁s women or people of color鈥攈ow to change that, since we鈥檙e often the first people in that environment with a distinct perspective.鈥
In her closing remarks, trustee and council co-chair Larissa Herczeg announced that the Deutsch Herczeg Women Leaders scholarship would receive renewed investment. Many of these scholarship recipients were in attendance. The Deutsch Herczeg Scholars are academically driven young women who participate in educational and inspiring opportunities giving them tools and knowledge required to lead in their communities and industry.