Whereontheweb Deborah Bayle Nielsen, president and CEO, United Way of Salt Lake.

• Author: Beers, Heather
• Position: Brief Article

For 20 years, Deborah Bayle Nielsen strived to make Salt Lake a better community through her work at the Salt Lake Chamber. Since leaving the chamber, she has continued to promote a better community--but now she's focused less on economics, and more on the societal bottom line. "I loved my work at the chamber, and when I left, I took away a passion for the community." That passion continues, as Nielsen serves as head of the United Way of Salt Lake, which works with 48 of Utah's major charitable organizations. "The human services aspect of what I do is extremely rewarding--knowing that what we're doing is changing people's lives for the better," says Nielsen. And as the demands of her profession require keeping the public--and herself--informed of community needs, she relies on the Internet...