Whitney is co-founder of the Texas Women Ventures Fund and serves as the managing member of the fund's general partner. She is a charter investor in the fund and a member of the Investment Committee.
Whitney has done business with woman entrepreneurs since the time she started her Merger and Acquisition advisory business in 1984. She has more than 10 years in fund management and has direct experience with providing capital to women-led companies. In 1998, she created the first Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) to focus on women-led companies. That fund and its co-investor partners invested over $45 million in women-led companies.
Whitney was a three-time chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Nashville branch; a federal appointee to the National Women's Business Council; past national President of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO); and past member of the board for the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (now called the Center for Women's Business Research). She also served on both Wyndham Hotel's and Club Corp's Women's Advisory Boards.
In 2008, Whitney received recognition as one of the "Most Influential Women in Business in Dallas" in the inaugural selection by the Dallas Business Journal. Whitney received the SBA's 1998 Southeastern Advocate of the Year award; received a Presidential appointment as a delegate to the last White House Conference on Small Business and she testified before the U.S. Senate on several occasions on the topic of access to capital for women. She received a BS in Business Administration with highest honors from the University of Tennessee and graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee's College of Law.
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