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Diana Bucco is the President of The Buhl Foundationwhere she has led the revisioning of the Foundation’snew strategy and approach to philanthropy, including
its focus on community-driven neighborhoodrevitalization. Prior, she was the President of The Forbes
Funds, a Pittsburgh-based organization that supportsnonprofit capacity-building through grantmaking,
research, and leadership development. During hertenure, The Forbes Funds became a leader in
supporting Strategic Restructuring, Fiscal Modeling andAdvocacy on behalf of the nonprofit sector. She also
launched the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership,a coalition of 350 nonprofit organizations that have
joined together to create a unified voice for the sector.
Previously she was the founding executive director of the Coro Center for CivicLeadership and The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and theexecutive director of Pennsylvania Campus Compact. She is a Trustee of Point ParkUniversity and serves on the Boards of the Pennsylvania Economy League of GreaterPittsburgh, Carnegie Science Center, Advancing Academics, A+ Schools, and is amember of the International Women’s Forum. She serves nationally on the boardof Global Ties USA. She has been recognized throughout her career for heraccomplishments including the YWCA Tribute to Women, Pittsburgh Business TimesWomen of Influence Award, Spirit of Amelia Earhart Award by Zonta Club ofPittsburgh, Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 under 40, Coro’s MLK, Jr. Leadership Awardand was the recipient of a German Marshall Fellowship. She was also recognized bythe state as one of the top ten of the GenX generation.
2020 Community EngagedScholarship Forum Speaker