Diane Seward

Diane is a consultant with over 15 years of experience in communications and employee engagement.

With experience leading communications and key initiatives in-house, her career spans a variety of industries, including healthcare, hospitality, non-profit and professional services. As a strategic communications leader, Diane’s top skills include internal communications, change management, employee engagement, project and event management, and issues management. She has a passion for storytelling, partnership building and applying effective messaging and channels to connect with different audiences.

Prior to joining Blue Beyond, Diane served as the Director of Communications at EyeCare Partners, where she built the communications function and led company communications strategies and execution, including executive team support, acquisition/integration communications and employee engagement initiatives. During her time at EyeCare Partners, she drove company alignment by creating and launching new mission, vision and values and accompanying recognition programs across the nationwide company. Her previous experience includes roles at Maritz Motivation, Panera Bread and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.

Based in St. Louis, MO, Diane earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Public Relations from Webster University.