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Diane Neimann

Diane Neimann is recognized as one of the leading philanthropic and wealth management advisors in the United States. She is an advisor to family offices, foundations and financial institutions throughout the United States and Canada on issues of philanthropy, organizational development and governance. Diane has also provided counsel to independent, community, and corporate Foundations. Diane was co-founder of a multi-family office and founded Family Philanthropy Advisors in 1999.

Known for her work in the start-up and transition of the family enterprise and the family foundation, Diane emphasizes the importance of direct trustee involvement in the work, and the necessity for values clarification and education as part of the governance process.

Diane served on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Global Ethics and as a Trustee for the National Charities Information Bureau, which is responsible for setting ethical standards of practice for U.S. non-profits and foundations. She has also developed and advised individual, community and national collaboratives of non-profits and foundations which are effective models for leveraging grantmaking.

Diane has authored publications on successful wealth transfer, foundation and family office management, governance and philanthropy and has designed a Next Generation Training Curriculum for organizations in transition. She was a Trustee for the Family Office Exchange Foundation and was Senior Dean for Social Capital and Philanthropy and Trustee of the Family Learning Academy Foundation.

Associated with the National Council on Foundations and the Philanthropy Roundtable, Diane has been an organizer and speaker for the National Council on Foundations Conferences, Harris Bank Conference, the Family Office Exchange and the Institute for International Research Wealth Management Seminars, the Haines Center for Family Philanthropy, and the Camden European Family Office Conferences in London. She has designed and presented programs on family philanthropy for Women and Philanthropy, The Committee of 200, The Haines Center for Family Philanthropy, WomenGive! and for many organizations serving philanthropists, high net-worth individuals and families.

Diane has served as a Trustee and Director of Gillette Children's Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota; the Whittier Institute for Diabetes at Scripps Medical Center, La Jolla, California; the Delta Waterfowl Foundation, U.S. and Canada; Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the James Ford Bell Library for Rare Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Adelante Productions, New York; Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the James Ford Bell Trust for the benefit of the University of Minnesota; and the National Charities Information Bureau; New York, Washington, D.C.