After a 30-year-career with the Federal Reserve, McWhinney Dale assumed leadership roles within a wide-range of organizations including president of the First Women’s Bank of New York City, member of the New Jersey State Casino Control Commission, chief financial officer of the Whitney Museum of American Art, governor the American Stock Exchange, chairman of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, and board member of the Atlantic Energy Corporation and Carnegie Corporation.
[1] McWhinney Dale began working for the Federal Reserve Bank in 1943 benefiting from vacancies created by male workers who left employment to join the military during World War II.
[1][4] Under McWhinney Dale’s leadership the First Women’s Bank established a library for consumers and education programs that included counseling on investment, insurance, and financial planning.
[3] McWhinney Dale’s solid reputation within the financial community resulted in multiple opportunities to provide executive leadership and serve on corporate boards.
[3] She also served as vice president of Phi Beta Kappa Associates and was an active alumnus of New York University and member of its advisory board.
[3] Beginning in 1980, McWhinney Dale served on the State of New Jersey’s Casino Control Commission, the entity established to regulate legal gambling as part of the redevelopment of Atlantic City.