DIANE J. HOSKINS Co-Chief Executive Officer of M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc. |
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Qualifications: Ms. Hoskins has more than 40 years of architecture, design, real estate and business experience, including as a chief executive officer of a global brand. During this time, she has gained extensive leadership, strategic planning, financial stewardship and organizational development experience, as well as a deep understanding of markets and clients, including their current and future space needs and insight into how companies envision their workspaces of the future. Professional Background: • Co-CEO of M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc. (“Gensler”) since 2005, the world’s largest architecture, design, and planning firm, where Ms. Hoskins has broad responsibility for overseeing the company’s global platform and managing its day-to-day operations, including more than 6,500 employees networked across 53 offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East • Director of Gensler since 2004; former Co-Chair of the Gensler Board of Directors from 2016 to 2021 • Various positions at Gensler since 1995, including Southeast Regional Managing Principal and Managing Director of the Washington, DC office • Founded the Gensler Research Institute in 2005 to generate new knowledge and develop a deeper understanding of the connection between design, business and the human experience • Senior Vice President of A. Epstein & Sons Architecture and Engineering from 1990 to 1994 • Development Analyst at Olympia & York from 1987 to 1990 • Architect Designer at Gensler from 1983 to 1985 • Architect at Skidmore Owings & Merrill from 1980 to 1983 |
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Other Leadership Experience, Community Involvement and Education: • Trustee of the MIT Corporation serving on the Risk and Audit Committee, Serves on the Visiting Committee of the MIT School of Architecture and School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Trustee of the Board of Advisors of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, London, UK, Executive Committee for ACE Scholarship Program • 2023 Global Chair of the Urban Land Institute, Board Member of the Washington Board of Trade and member of several organizations, including the Economic Club of Washington, DC • Fellow of the American Institute of Architects • Ms. Hoskins has been honored by several organizations for her work, including the 2022 Global Visionary Award from the World Trade Center Institute; Spirit of Life Award from City of Hope and the Outstanding Impact Award from the Council of Real Estate Women • Inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame in 2016, and co-ranked on the Business Insider’s 100 “Creators” list, a who’s who of the world’s 100 top creative visionaries • Ms. Hoskins is sought after by the media to share her expertise in many top-tier media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Business Insider, Financial Times, Bloomberg TV, and global architecture and design trade publications • Frequent speaker at premier conferences, including the Bloomberg Business/CEO Summit, the Economist Human Potential Conference, and the Wall Street Journal Future of Cities Conference; was a featured panelist at the UN Climate Summit in the fall of 2019 • Graduated from MIT and holds an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA |