Whitney Wade

She has recently joined the New Work Exploration team as a Program Development Officer at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The New Work team is charged with researching, developing, and proposing new areas of grant making and ways of working for the Foundation with guidance from leadership and the board. She most recently served as a Senior Program Officer at Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW). There she supported grant making across the foundation and began her tenure at CFW leading the economic security portfolio, which mostly funds programs/services that connect women and girls to career-track, family-sustaining jobs, education and training programs, and wraparound supports. She began her career in nonprofit fundraising and development and spent several years in talent acquisition and executive search before transitioning to program officer roles. Whitney is also a twin mom, Black doll/toy collector, Lakefront Trail cyclist, ceramic artist, and amateur archivist. She was raised and still lives on the South Side of Chicago.