When asked about Dede Wilsey’s secret behind her success as the most powerful and well known fundraisers of philanthropic projects in the Bay Area she exclaimed that the reason was strong positive thinking. She said that every time she started a project she made it her life’s passion and loved the creating a building starting from the ground. Whenever she begins a philanthropic project she imagines a Monopoly board in her head of possible naming opportunities and donations with the Park Place and Pacific Avenue all in mind. However, the Park Place has been taken over by a hospital wing now. The CEO of UCFS Medical Center, Mark Laret, said the reason why they chose Dede Wilsey for their major project was because she always got the job done as promised and had a great sense of civic stewardship. He loved her fearless attitude when it came to handling large projects and completely loved it when she dismissed his idea when he wanted to complete the project in phases. Dede Wilsey told him to straight off forget about phases and to finish the project as soon as possible. This was the kind of attitude which had been very valuable to them and many organizations in San Francisco.