Diane is one of the most sought-after economists in the world. She is called upon by policymakers and business leaders from Washington to Tokyo. Diane joined Mesirow Financial in 2004 after 19 years with Bank One Corporation and its predecessors. She started her career with the First Chicago Corporation in 1985 and quickly moved up the ranks, proving herself as a regional economist with her forecast for a renaissance in the Industrial Midwest just one year later. During her tenure with First Chicago, Diane published several nationally acclaimed studies as well as her first book: The Passionate Economist: Finding the Power and Humanity Behind the Numbers.

Diane sits on several advisory committees to the Federal Reserve Board, its regional banks and the Council of Economic Advisers for the White House. Most recently, she was appointed to serve on the Congressional Budget Office's panel of economic advisers. Diane is one of the most quoted economists in the financial press and her commentary can be read in top financial news publications throughout the world. In addition, she serves as a Clinical Professor for DePaul University's highly rated evening MBA program.

Diane is a past board member for the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) and the Finance Committee for the Executive Club of Chicago as well as a past member of the Board of Trustees for the Illinois Council on Economic Education. She is a past president of NABE, a title that former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and several other Federal Reserve presidents have also shared and a NABE Fellow.

Diane earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in economics with top honors from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in finance and strategic planning with top honors from the University of Chicago.

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