About

My name is Dorothy Stuehmke 

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I blend purpose, lifestyle, and generosity for a new way of being in the modern world.

Raised in multicultural New York City by immigrant parents from South Korea and Germany, I learned early how to hold multiple worlds at once, to translate across cultures, to listen more than I speak, and to build community wherever I am. That upbringing shaped the lens I bring to my work today: deeply human, globally informed, and grounded in the belief that identity and generosity are inseparable.

My career has taken me across the private sector, global nonprofits, foundations, government, and the United Nations. As a U.S. Diplomat in North Korea, I spent nearly a year overseeing a U.S. food aid program, not from briefing rooms, but from living rooms, distribution centers, hospitals, and schools, places where progress depended on humility, courage, and shared commitment. That experience taught me that real change begins with presence, partnership, and dignity.

Across every chapter of my work, from strategy, diplomacy and philanthropy to cross-sector leadership, I’ve seen one simple truth repeated: we all have something to give, and generosity has the power to move the world forward.

Today, my work centers on modern generosity as a way of living, leading, and relating to ourselves and each other. Through multisector experience, cultural intelligence, and a deep commitment to purpose, I translate diplomacy and generosity into a contemporary philosophy of identity, presence, and meaning.

As the creator and host of the Do Good Podcast + Giving Circle, I convene leaders and changemakers to explore how generosity can address big social challenges, and invite listeners to fund the work alongside us. 

Across all of my work, I am driven by a belief in a more intentional way of being: a life where identity is clear, presence is practiced, and generosity becomes culture.