DIANE BURBIE is owner of The ASPIRE Group consulting firm. She is an experienced facilitator/trainer that has worked with a myriad of audiences across the country on the subjects of race relations, diversity, conflict resolution, leadership styles and organizational communication systems. She has worked on projects with the Cornerstone, Looking Glass and Shakespeare Festival LA theater companies addressing themes of race, faith and immigration. She is also a consultant to the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) and Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance. She served as Vice-Chair of the Pasadena Human Relations Commission. Diane holds BA from Stanford University in Psychology and African-American Studies, MBA from the University of Southern California and certificates in Negotiation – Harvard University Law School and Managing Multicultural Work Environments (California State University Fullerton).