Susan Ford Dorsey

Susan Ford Dorsey is President of the Sand Hill Foundation, a family foundation established by the Ford family in 1995. As President, Mrs. Dorsey directs the philanthropic activities of the foundation including proposal review, site visits and program evaluation. Prior to the creation of the Sand Hill Foundation, Mrs. Dorsey was the founder and President of health Innovations (founded in 1984), a health care consulting firm specializing in business development, strategic planning and marketing. In this capacity she worked with such notable clients as University Hospitals of Cleveland, Hospital Corporation of America and Marin General Hospital. Mrs. Dorsey received her B.A. in Cellular Biology from the University of California, San Diego and her M.P.H. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Public Health. Currently, Mrs. Dorsey serves on the board of the following organizations: Peninsula Community Foundation (term ended 2005), Peninsula Open Space Trust (current chair), Phillips Brooks School, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, School of Humanities and Sciences Advisory Board (Chair), and Center for a New Generation (Advisory Board of Boys and Girls Club). Mrs. Dorsey is married to Michael Dorsey and has three children, Jenny, Alison and Tommy.