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Diane was elected in 2004 to represent the 18th Senatorial District which includes most of Sumner County and all of Robertson County. Prior to her election, she served three terms as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 45th District.
Diane began working in health care after receiving an associate’s degree in nursing in 1971. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Belmont University in 1992. She has worked in emergency rooms and has taught at Volunteer State Community College as an assistant professor of allied health. She served as Executive Director of Sumner Regional Health Systems Foundation and development director for the Middle Tennessee YMCA.
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Diane and her husband Dave live in Gallatin. Their daughters Jill and Katie live in Florida. Jill and her husband, Nick, are the parents of two boys, Warren and Joseph. Katie and her husband Colt were blessed with Easton in September of 2007. Their son Steve and his wife Tracy have two children, Dylan and Madison. They live in Hendersonville. | Diane and Dave attend St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Hendersonville where Diane teaches adult Sunday School and has served as the past president of the church council. Diane enjoys traveling with Dave, participating in marathons, gardening and bird watching.
Public Office:
- Senate member of the 104th & 105th General Assembly
- House member of the 101st through 103rd General Assemblies
- Chairman, Senate Republican Caucus
- Member, Senate General Welfare, Health and Human Resources Committee
- Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
- Member, Senate Finance Committee
- Member, TennCare Oversight Committee
- Member, Select Committee on Children and Youth
Community Involvement:
- Tennessee Center for Nursing, board member
- Volunteer State Community College Foundation, board member
- Children Are People, Inc., board member
- PEO, member
- Hendersonville Rotary Club, member and past president
- Hendersonville Rotary Foundation, president
- Gallatin, Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, Portland, Robertson County, Westmoreland, White House Chambers of Commerce, member
- Habitat for Humanity, past vice president
- Sumner County United Way, past chairman
- Sumner County YMCA, past board member
- Sumner County Chapter of American Cancer Society, past board member
- Sumner County Chapter of American Heart Association, past board member
Honors:
- Tennessee Nurse Association Legislator of the Year 2005
- Tennessee Right to Life Legislator of the Year 2004
- American Cancer Society Legislator of the Year 2003
- Sumner County YMCA Volunteer of the Year 2001
- Leadership Sumner Distinguished Alumni 1998
- Rotarian of the Year 1993 by Hendersonville Rotary Club
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