Diane Hoskins

Biography: Diane Hoskins is one of two Gensler Co-CEOs. As both an MIT-trained architect and holding an MBA from the Andersen School at UCLA, Diane’s career has spanned Architecture, Design, Real Estate, and Business. Diane has broad responsibility in running the firm’s day-to-day operations, which span 6,000+ employees networked across 48 offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She is Chair of Gensler’s Board of Directors. In addition to her responsibilities to the firm, Diane has initiated state-of-the-art management strategies in service of the firm’s 3,000 clients in more than 120 countries. Diane focuses on innovative design strategies that create a positive impact for client performance; she has championed the firm’s reach beyond architectural services to provide a broad comprehensive platform of design and strategic services to clients around the globe. A true innovator, Diane founded the Gensler Research Institute to fuel new advances in the field, using exploration and transdisciplinary collaboration to place design in the context of larger business and social issues. The knowledge and insights discovered through Gensler’s research have created new and unexpected solutions to the pressing issues faced by Gensler’s clients and communities, helping the firm further its mission of creating a better world through the power of design. Gensler’s Workplace Survey, published in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2016 is the Research Institute’s signature study, and it has provided insights that have received extensive public interest and industry acclaim. As the spokesperson for the Workplace Survey, Diane has conducted innumerable media interviews helping to educate the public on the importance of workspace design, including outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Bloomberg TV. Among the Research Institute’s most recent and groundbreaking IP, Gensler’s Experience Index stands out as a first-of-its kind study proving that design is the ke