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HONOREE
DIANNE L. SEMINGSON
Following successful careers in both the public
and private sectors, Dianne Semingson founded DLS International in 1992. DLS partners with
the Philadelphia regions’ most recognizable corporations, foundations and community organizations to provide strategic market planning, marketing communications and business
development services. Prior, Dianne served the City of Philadelphia as City Representative and a member of the Mayor’s cabinet. As Regional Director for the U.S. Department of Commerce, she oversaw economic development programs in the six-state Mid-Atlantic Region. Upon leaving government, she was named Director Government and Industry Affairs for ARCO Chemical Company.
Ms. Semingson serves on the Board of Directors of several corporate
and non-for-profit organizations, including Board of Urban Engineers, Inc., chairing the Board of Directors of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia. She serves on the Executive Committees of the Committee of Seventy and Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA Assoc. Dianne has been recognized for her business and community contributions, receiving the 2015 Brava! Award from SmartCEO Magazine; Pennsylvania’s 50 Best Women in Business; “Woman of Distinction”, Philadelphia Business Journal; 2012 Woman One, Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership, Drexel University College of Medicine. In 2016, she was named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania. In 2018, she was inducted a Fellow of the College of Physicians. Today, she serves as Chair, Women100 Advisory Committee, planning the national celebration in Philadelphia for the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote.
A graduate of the University of Oregon with a B.A in Urban Sociology and Public Administration, Ms. Semingson has completed executive management programs at Duke, Harvard and Northwestern universities.
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