Diane Sears offers her clients more than 20 years of experience in writing, editing, marketing and career development. As a writer, she has interviewed and profiled leaders in workplace and work/life arenas including human resources, professional coaching, outplacement, leadership and entrepreneurship. This exposure has given her rare insight into the minds of today's business leaders.

Diane is a published non-fiction author herself. Her first book, "Tapping Your Inner Entrepreneur: Making the Move from Employee to Business Owner," was released in 2004 by the National Association of Women Business Owners and was called "the business owner's career bible" by Essence Magazine in June 2006. Diane is currently writing her second book, "Unplug It and Plug It Back In: A Guide to Solving All of Life's Problems.

Before founding DiVerse Media, Diane served as editor-in-chief of Venture Woman, a national magazine dedicated to women business owners, and as marketing director for DigitalOwl, a company that developed copyright-protection software for the publishing industry. Diane previously worked as an assistant city editor, a reporter, a copy editor and a copy desk chief for daily newspapers including the Orlando Sentinel and Florida Today. She has also been quoted in published materials including the book "The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Publishing Magazines."

She currently serves as Travel & Tourism Editor for Florida Trend magazine, where she also writes monthly columns on Executive Health and Central Florida business news as an independent contractor. Diane occasionally writes freelance articles for other publications, including Internal Auditor magazine and the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. Diane and her concept team are planning to launch a new career-based online community and magazine in 2007-08.

She considers herself fortunate for having had a career goal early in life. Diane is known for encouraging people to follow their own career dreams and pursue what they enjoy. “My personal goal is to help people find and fulfill their calling in life,” Diane says. “When you're doing what you love, it doesn’t feel like work.”

Diane is a past president (2004-05) and serves on the board of the Orlando Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, and is a member of the National Association of Female Executives. She serves on the boards of advisors for the Beacon Awards: Celebrating Diversity in Greater Orlando's Workforce, Minority and Women's Business Enterprise Alliance (The Alliance) the Athena Foundation Organization in Central Florida, and the YaYa Network. She is also a member of the Florida Magazine Association and The Cheese Club of Grater Orlando.