Diane is the Chief Administrative Officer and Vice President of Finance and is responsible for aligning the finance, human resource, IT, and administrative operations of the organization with its strategic programming priorities. She has held a variety of financial and operational positions in public, private, and non-profit organizations. Prior to joining Openlands, she had a consulting practice that provided controller services to nonprofit organizations and foundations. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the CFO Roundtable, a nonprofit leadership organization. She holds a BS in accounting from Illinois State University and an MA in Latin American history from the University of Illinois at Chicago. As a propagator of native plants and trees, as well as a weekly hiker in many of the forest preserves in the Chicagoland region, Diane lives the values of the organization.
Contact Information
- Email: dsotiros@openlands.org
- Phone: 312.863.6267