finance unplugged

Diane Gardner is a financial executive known for driving comprehensive, integrated transformation to position organizations for the future. 

 

Pragmatically optimistic, she is able to focus on what is best for the organization and then work to rationalize and streamline the business for sustainable growth.  She is passionate about ensuring employee engagement doesn’t get lost in the pursuit of profitability.

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As a CFO, Diane understands the prioritization of cost reduction and improving cash flow.  As a leader, she understands that turnover and employee dissatisfaction can quickly erase any gains you think you’ve made.  Finding the balance between these two seemingly opposite goals is a skill Diane has developed over decades of managing teams through periods of significant change.

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Diane is a CFO, a Board member, an Upstate New Yorker, a wife, a sister, and a crazy aunt.