Diana Nightingale

About Diana

Diana Nightingale, MPA, leads David’s Refuge’s development team where she is responsible for overseeing all aspects of fundraising and donor relations. She is a seasoned nonprofit executive with extensive experience driving revenue growth, creating and implementing strategic plans, and leading teams. She has more than 15 years of nonprofit, marketing, and journalism experience.

As chief operating officer of Musical Bridges Around the World, Diana developed systems and strategies across human resources, administration, finance and development. She led her team in strategic growth and capacity building plans, strengthening fundraising capabilities, fostering teamwork and creativity, and ensuring operational excellence. She managed the organization’s annual grant portfolio of $1M+.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism from SUNY Plattsburgh, a nonprofit management certificate from Our Lady of the Lake University School of Business and Leadership, and an Executive Master of Public Administration from the the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Diana is president of the Western New York and Finger Lakes chapter of the Grant Professionals Association and a member of the Society of Human Resources Management. She has served as a grant evaluator on many panels including the San Antonio Area Foundation, Community Arts Partnership, the Texas Commission on the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Yield Giving Foundation, San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, and Mid-America Arts Alliance. She is certified by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative in social & behavioral human research and responsible code of research.