Mr. DuWarn Porter
dporter@sigmaleadershipacademy.com
Mr. DuWarn Porter
Brother DuWarn Porter has over ten years of consumer, commercial and mortgage credit experience. DuWarn currently is the Policy and Research Manager for Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA, www.ihda.org). He is responsible for the administration of affordable housing policy for IHDA’s various affordable housing lending and preservation programs. Previous to IHDA DuWarn was the Director of Small Business Development for the Women Business Development Center (WBDC). As the Director DuWarn managed the SBDC’s budget and supervised the small business lending activities in conjunction with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lending programs. Previously, he served as an Underwriting Supervisor for Ocwen Financial Corporation (NYSE:OCN) in their Fulfillment Operations Division located in Lisle, IL. Porter also served as Director of the Small Business Development Center of Chicago Community Ventures (www.chiventures.org). Upon the completion Porter and staff was responsible for lending over six million dollars to over two-hundred small businesses and created over five-hundred jobs in Chicago’s underserved communities.
DuWarn is a proud graduate of Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he earned a degree in Economics with an emphasis in Finance. He was a Wall Street Journal Merit Scholar in the College of Business’ Department of Economics. In addition, he was a varsity letterman with the men’s track and field team. He holds an MBA from Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL. Porter holds professional memberships with the National Black MBA Association Chicago Chapter, National Notary Association, Southern University Alumni Federation Chicago Chapter, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., NAACP, True Lodge #136 Prince Hall Masons State of Illinois and the Illinois Track and Cross County Officials Association. He works with various religious and social groups to help give back to the community. His wife Jessica and children Jerrica, Christian and Amani understands that he is an avid sports fanatic and loves to run and play basketball.
