Dede Wilsey has a charismatic personality and possesses many attributes for convincing and persuading people for making generous donations for charitable projects and activities. The success of Dede Wilsey lies behind her hard work and passion. She has taken part in various philanthropic activities and has generated large amount of money for organisations allowing them to start their projects. Dede Wilsey comes from a very strong background; her father was one time US ambassador to Luxembourg and Austria.
Her husband also actively took part in the charitable projects and activities and helped organisations in raising funds for their projects. Dede Wilsey is currently working for raising funds for the Mission Bay hospital complex by UCSF medical centre. UCSF has planned to start the construction of this project by 2011 and finish it by 2014 but this hospital requires at least $1.2 billion and generation of $500 million from private charities. This hospital would consist of 183 bed UCSF children’s hospital, 70 bed cancer hospital, 36 bed women speciality hospital and other essential facilities. The charisma, negotiation skills, positive thinking and leadership qualities of Dede Wilsey has made her able to contribute $450 million for charitable activities.