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Diane V. Netzel
Senior Vice President

dnetzel@netzelgrigsby.com

Los Angeles

Diane Netzel is co-founder of NETZEL GRIGSBY ASSOCIATES, INC., a leading management and consulting firm working with not-for-profit organizations throughout the Western U.S. She is a client-serving senior vice president of the firm and specializes in major fundraising projects and executive searches. In addition she serves as a philanthropic consultant to private foundations.

Diane has over 20 years experience in planning and managing successful development campaigns (ranging in size to $125 million), annual giving programs and volunteer training. She has also conducted numerous successful executive searches for not-for-profit organizations.

Her professional background also includes extensive experience and work in the public sector—from launching mentally gifted educational programs for elementary school children to directing special programs with teens and senior citizens.

Long active in civic and community projects, Diane is a member of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles and will be active in working with her husband, Paul, who will serve as a Director of Rotary International during 2007-2009. She is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Women’s Foundation and is a founder of the Culver City Education Foundation. She served as Chair of National Philanthropy Day in Los Angeles in 1998.

A graduate of George Williams College in Chicago, Diane and Paul reside in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles and have two grown children and two grandchildren.