DIANE J. HOSKINS
Co-Chair and Co-Chief Executive Officer of M. Arthur Gensler Jr. &
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Qualifications:
Ms. Hoskins has more than 30 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-Chair since 2021 and Co-CEO since 2005 of M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.
(Gensler), the worlds largest architecture, design, and planning firm where Ms. Hoskins has broad responsibility for overseeing the companys global platform and managing its day-to-day operations, including more than 5,000 employees networked across 48 offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
Chair of the Gensler Board of Directors from 2018
to 2021 and a director of Gensler since 2004 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:
Member of the World Economic Forums Global
Future Council on Cities & Urbanization and the CEO Initiative by Fortune and Time
Fellow of the American Institute of
Architects, Global Board Member 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
Serves on the Visiting Committee of the School of
Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Board of Advisors of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management
Ms. Hoskins has been honored by several
organizations for her work, including the 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 Insiders 100 Creators list, a whos who of the worlds 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 |