United Way Director loves a job that makes a difference

Anna Murphy is passionate about her work as president of United Way of Southwest Michigan. The Herald-Palladium reports this is her 13th year working for United Way, her sixth year as president. The organization is a member of United Way Worldwide but is autonomous, setting its own goals based on local needs.

Murphy, 48, lives in Benton Township with her husband, Rick, and their two cats, Simon and Gracie. She says she loves her job and there are two things she loves best about it.

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You know, I have two things, and they have to be somewhat equal because I think it would be unfair if I said one was more important to me. The people that I work with internally, including my board and my staff, are a great group of people that have passion and drive. And it makes my life that much easier to do my job and to like my job. But externally, it’s knowing that I can make a difference. Knowing that we as an organization can have an impact on someone’s life. We can’t do it as a staff without the volunteers and we can’t do the work that we do if we don’t have passion for it, and we do. It’s a good group of people.

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Source: Herald-Palladium