YWCA Honoring Dr. Chisholm

Dr. Jacklyn Chisholm, President and Chief Executive Officer for Step Forward, has been named one of YWCA of Greater Cleveland’s 2023 Career Women of Achievement.

Dr. Chisholm is a Cleveland native, a graduate of Case Western Reserve University, and serves on the boards of the Cuyahoga County Early Childhood Education Partnership Council, Women of Color Foundation, and as an advisory member of the PRE4CLE Early Childhood Compact and United Way’s Accountable Health Communities Initiative.

The Woman of Achievement Award “is presented to a select group of Northeast Ohio women who have achieved extraordinary accomplishments through career success, community service, leadership, mentoring, and dedication to YWCA’s mission of eliminating racism and empowering women.”

“I nominated Dr. Jacklyn Chisholm for the Women of Achievement award because I felt like she had been overlooked. Dr. Chisholm has 300 plus employees, she has a $45 million budget, and she is an amazing human being,” said Alexandria Johnson Boone, the Chairwoman and Founder of the Women of Color Foundation.

Dr. Chisholm will be honored at the YWCA’s Women of Achievement awards ceremony May 23, 2023. The ceremony will be in person at Severance Hall.