Lynne Cutler is Founder and President of the Women’s Opportunities Resource Center (WORC), a nationally recognized Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization with 13 years experience in helping low-income women and their families become socially and economically self-sufficient. Cutler also founded the Women’s Association for Women’s Alternatives, Inc. (W.A.W.A.) which she directed from the organization’s inception in 1976 until December 1993, when WORC became an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization to better focus on its intended beneficiaries.   During Cutler’s leadership, W.A.W.A. grew from a single to a multi-service agency providing residential, career and business services.  Cutler’s community involvement has included: chairing the Philadelphia Women’s Network; co-chairing the United Way of Southeast Delaware County Health Allocation Committee; board member of Tenet City Avenue Hospital; member of the Mayor’s Private Sector Task Force and appointment to Governor Ridge’s Self-Employment Opportunities Team of the Pennsylvania Job Creation Task Force. Cutler was recently appointed co-chair of the Building Assets Committee of the Governor’s Task Force for Working Families.  She is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Sustainable Business Network and Vice President of the Pennsylvania Microenterprise Coalition (PMC).