Trainer Biography

 

DIANA LILLA

Diana Lilla has 30+ years of business experience, 20 of which were in banking and finance where she steadily rose to senior management with responsibility for 40% of company assets.  Since 1994, Diana has maintained an independent consulting business while sometimes also being employed in an internal role with similar work focus.  She specializes in leadership and teams, organizing and planning, professional project management, leading and managing change in organizations, and process improvement.  Her experience ranges from Fortune 100 to small companies, government, non-profit, and education sectors.

Diana Lilla holds a Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science, and Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Accounting.  She is certified with Project Management Institute as a PMP, Project Management Professional, and holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.

Diana has special interest in thoughtful development and leading change with dignity in the world, including second and third world countries.  Her first experience in Lagos, Nigeria led to her involvement as a catalyst with a Ghanaian community with women’s empowerment in that community.  As a mentor and guide for Executive Director of Daasgift Quality Foundation, an MFI (microfinance institution) in Ghana, she has been instrumental in guidance, education and fund raising.  As a networker, Diana influenced Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi to provide medical care for a young boy from distant village while she delivered a leadership seminar to KATH surgical team.  Diana’s involvement with University of Cape Coast Organization Development program provided theory and application in systems thinking for human systems, as well as Developing and Managing an MFI Organization for Microfinance program.