McClatchy has appointed Jeffrey Dorsey to senior vice president of transformation reporting to chairman and chief executive officer, Tony Hunter. In this new role, Dorsey will lead all aspects of the company's transformation efforts to accelerate progress to a digitally driven business model with value creation at its core. Among Dorsey's key responsibilities will be partnering with the executive leadership team to advance the value creation agenda of the company, ensuring that business strategies, plans and initiatives are aligned with transformation plan, while promoting the use of technology and digital tools to drive new, creative solutions and mitigate risk. Dorsey will lead McClatchy's Shared Services, Production and Distribution operations, which consolidates supply chain functions, centralized shared services and the management of vendor relationships. Dorsey built a career at Tribune over 15 years and led some of the company's most ambitious and complex challenges focused on systemic change, optimization of operations and consolidation of technology organizations across print, digital and broadcast. Dorsey is based outside of Chicago and is active in his church and community organizations focused on education and teen mentoring. He volunteers for a shelter that serves individuals experiencing homelessness. He is a 2015 recipient of Chicago United's Business Leaders of Color Award. Jeff has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.