As Global Co-Chair of Gensler, Diane focuses on visionary leadership, growth, and design excellence and cross-disciplinary innovation. For over 20 years, Diane has led Gensler’s impact and influence through its platform of over 6,000 people networked across 53 offices, serving more than 3,500 clients in over 100 countries. To study the intersection of design and performance, Diane founded the Gensler Research Institute to study the intersection of design and performance to deliver value to clients through data analytics. Diane brings forward the positive impact that design can have in our day-to-day lives through Design for a Radically Changing World, a new book co-authored with Andy Cohen and published in 2024. A design leader with a global perspective, Diane was a featured speaker at the United Nation’s Habitat Assembly in Nairobi and Climate Action Summit in New York. She has also spoken at the United Nations Climate Change Conference for three consecutive years. Her thought leadership and insights have been featured in Bloomberg, CNN, Fast Company, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Diane graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Diane also serves as Global Chair of the Urban Land Institute and serves on the Board of Directors of Boston Properties and a trustee of The MIT Corporation.
