Diane Nichols currently serves as the Director of Equity & Inclusion at Winchester Thurston School, a PK-12th grade co-ed independent school in Pittsburgh, PA. She served in the same role for four years at Worcester Academy in Worcester, MA and for 17 years at Hathaway Brown School, a PK-12th girls' school in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Diane is a Licensed Counselor with a B.A. in Psychology and a Master of Education in Community Counseling from Ohio University. She recently completed a certification in Organizational Leadership from UMass Dartmouth. Diane is a trainer for the ADL’s World of Difference Institute, a faculty member for the National Association of Independent School’s Student Diversity Leadership Conference and a presenter/facilitator at a host of conferences. She is a founding faculty member of the National Diversity Practitioners Institute (NDPI). Diane has taught AP psychology, health & wellness and several diversity seminar electives for middle and upper school students. Diane was a contributing author to the NAIS publication, Diversity Work in Independent Schools: The Practice and the Practitioner.