Twelve years ago, Sue Dorsey, CFO of Water for People, was wondering how to blend her passion for business with social justice and international affairs.
She found her answer by becoming the first employee for an international microfinance and education start-up organization based in Colorado. As its executive director, Dorsey helped grow Friendship Bridge into a nonprofit with $5 million in assets, but in the meantime she also got married and had three kids.
Attaining the perfect life-work balance is hard to achieve, and notoriously difficult in the development industry. Travel ruffles routines, hours can be long and strange, appointments hard to keep and home base may even change. That’s why Dorsey decided to leave Friendship Bridge and take on the role of CFO at Water for People.