Dianne graduated from Penn State University in 1982 with a B.A. in Fine Art. She completed her M.F.A. in Graphic Design at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in 1986. Dianne worked for Rodale Press followed by several area design firms including Bruno Mease, Bieniek Associates and Ford, Byrne Associates. She taught a variety of business design classes at Temple University and  Arcadia University and taught full-time at Drexel University before accepting a position at Tyler School of Art as an Assistant Professor of Design. Dianne taught on the adjunct faculty of Jefferson University and currently leads the graphic design department at Montgomery County Community College teaching graphic design, design history and the business of design. Dianne’s work is published in several international design magazines including Graphis, Novumgebrauchsgraphik and Graphic Design USA. Her poster designs are in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress and the Holocaust Museum in Warsaw, Poland. Dianne once played on the Ohio State tennis team. She has volunteered her time with a local Environmental Advisory Council, and served on the AIGA Education committee and as a student mentor.