Caroline Delaney became interested in microfinance as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali, West Africa where she and her counterparts started a micro-savings bank. During this experience Caroline saw the integral role financial products play in alleviating poverty. She came to understand how the effectiveness of microfinance involves the development of financial products and organizational structures that make sense for the cultures in which they exist. Above all she experienced the challenges many microfinance organizations face in creating a sustainable management and staffing structure in a part of the world where financial skills are rare and corruption is widespread. Caroline graduated from Colgate University in 2002. She has spent over 5 years working in various management positions at McMaster-Carr Supply Company.