Consulting

For Non Profits

• Unlock the potential of your university, hospital or non profit, with tailored solutions and fundraising strategies that make a lasting impact. Our comprehensive services include: 

• Conducting a thorough assessment to identify the most promising fundraising opportunities

• Crafting personalized fundraising strategies

• Facilitating introductions to key funding sources to accelerate your success

  For PHILANTHROPISTS

• Join forces with visionary philanthropists and make transformative changes that leave a legacy. Our services cater to your unique philanthropic vision and include:

• Evaluating your philanthropic priorities to align with your values and goals

• Designing tailored philanthropy investment strategies and fostering partnership with world-class nonprofits

• Keeping you informed with real-time updates on the remarkable impact of your philanthropy investment

Dr. Diane Gu

Dr. Diane Gu is the inaugural Chief Philanthropy Officer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. In this role, she serves as the chief fundraiser for transformational gifts to expand IHME’s innovative, global, and interdisciplinary projects. Dr. Gu is also a faculty member at the University of Washington College of Education.

Previously, she led the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)’s principal and major fundraising strategies while serving as a faculty member. She was the senior advisor of interdisciplinary, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), and Asia Pacific philanthropy to the Chancellor, Vice Chancellors, and Deans on key UCLA and UCLA Health initiatives. Dr. Gu’s ongoing social science research, which she began during her PhD work at UCLA, is on how philanthropic motivations, culturally specific education practices, and other social forces (e.g., gender, geography) within educational systems factor into success in university and health care fundraising. Dr. Gu applies the latest philanthropy and cross-cultural research results to creating high-impact programs for organizations to attract, retain, and secure high-impact donations.

Dr. Gu has extensive experience living and working across Europe, Asia, and North America. She has published and taught courses on philanthropy and nonprofit management, women in leadership, science and engineering education, and transnational collaborations, and gives frequent invited talks at national and international conferences. Dr. Gu has served as a member and faculty of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). She is a board member for the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) and a senior fellow at the Millennial Presidential Leadership Initiative at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. 

Book

Chinese Dreams? American Dreams?

Immigrant Chinese women scientists and engineers who study and work in the United States constitute a rapidly growing yet understudied group. These women’s lived experiences and reflections can tell us a great deal about the current state of immigrant women scientists in the United States, how universities can help these women succeed, and about China’s emergence as a global scientific and technological superpower.

Chinese Dreams? American Dreams? is the first ethnographic study to document migrating Chinese-born women scientists’ and engineers’ educational experiences and careers in the U.S. It historically situates these women in current political, economic, and cultural contexts and examines the successful strategies they employ to survive discrimination, advance careers, establish networks, and promote transnational research collaborations during their educational and career journeys in the U.S. This study makes a valuable text for students, researchers, and policy makers in higher education, women’s studies, science and engineering studies, as well as for faculty who teach future scientists and engineers. It also introduces new multicultural, intersectional, and feminist perspectives on these crucial issues of gender, ethnicity, nationality, and class, as they impact women’s professional lives.

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Speaking

Diane's Most Popular Topics:

• Cross-cultural communications - Building confidence and achieving results tailor made for your global market

• Women leaders in cross-cultural context - Managing and cultivating female leadership in markets traditionally lacking female leadership roles

• Leading teams in multicultural environments - Developing practical techniques to approaching team motivation, development and effectiveness in diverse environments

• Presentation Skills - Addressing various cultural backgrounds in making your message resonate and inspire

• Cross-cultural partnerships in nonprofit and philanthropy - Exploring secrets for fostering trust-based partnerships and establishing stewardship for life-long support in a cross cultural environment   

• Managing Cross-Cultural Science and Engineering Teams - Optimizing efficacy and assisting scientists and engineers, across all experience levels, towards realizing their full potential in collaborative settings

Selected Reviews:

“Diane is a powerful presenter and excellent colleague to learn from. She has the ability to bring new life into recycled topics and this makes every training session she touches so much more impactful and lasting.”

“Diane is a powerful presenter and excellent colleague to learn from. She has the ability to bring new life into recycled topics and this makes every training session she touches so much more impactful and lasting.”

“Diane is AMAZING! One of the best sessions I’ve been to.”

“Fantastic class, and I hope it is offered again in the future so more people have the opportunity to attend. I really appreciated how the information was presented and how group discussion was encouraged.”

“The presentation was phenomenal! I enjoyed how Diane engaged the audience by incorporating them into her presentation.”

“Diane Gu is a dynamic and engaging presenter. She moves around, varies presentation, engages the audience, and tells stories without relying on a slide deck. All of these make a big difference, particularly accounting for different learning styles.”

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