Our Team

Diane Jean-Mary (She/Her), Executive Director

diane@blacktrusteealliance.org

Diane Jean-Mary is a cultural leader, speaker, and organizational strategist with over a decade of experience guiding the transformation of leading creative and cultural institutions across the nation. As Executive Director, Diane oversees all aspects of BTA’s growth and organizational development—building and activating the Black trustee community, developing tools for effective leadership, and publishing insights and guidelines to inform the field at large.

Before joining BTA, Ms. Jean-Mary served as a principal strategy consultant fueling organizational capacity in the areas of strategic visioning, brand strategy, and social impact. In prior roles, Jean-Mary headed up cultural agency LaPlaca Cohen as Partner & Chief Strategy Officer, influenced corporate strategy in a first-of-its-kind music streaming analytics team at Sony Music Entertainment, and served as a Senior Management Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Jean-Mary holds a BA from Columbia University, and certificates in Applied Positive Psychology and International Business Management from the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown University, respectively. She has been a speaker and facilitator at over 100 convenings on topics including the future of the cultural experience, shifts in the creative economy, and Black voices for the evolution of culture.