Dianna’s career spans television news, journalism, politics and public relations.
In 1993, she joined the Clinton White House, helping with press, strategy and communications plans. She then spent 11 years at ABC News/Nightline and is a 5-time Emmy Award winner and recipient of a Peabody Award. She’s covered wars, natural disasters, politics, social issues and more. After 3 years in South Africa, she returned to D.C. to become Director of Public Relations for the award-winning Foreign Policy magazine.
After moving to London, she lectured US university students studying abroad with IES, and from 2017 to 2020, she co-founded and was Executive Director of Press Forward, a charitable organization designed to change culture in newsrooms and create a more safe, fair and equitable environment for all. Additionally, from 2015-17, she was a Governor on the Board of the ENBS (English National Ballet School).
She now consults on communications strategy for clients & lives with her husband and daughter – a recent Bute House graduate – in West London.
