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Diana Dorn-Jones was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her key interests include affordable housing and advocacy for low-wealth neighborhoods. She has served as the city’s Chief Operating Officer.

Diana is a founding member of the Project Change Fair Lending Center and the Anti-Racism Institute of the Southwest.  She has organized community groups to implement the Community Reinvestment Act, bringing millions of dollars into the state for low-income housing and small business development.  She was instrumental in the passage of the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act.  She is an alumna of the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change and founder of a model K-5 Charter School in South Broadway, one of Albuquerque’s federally-designated Pocket of Poverty, where she was born, raised and continues to reside.

Diana has won numerous awards for her work, including the Albuquerque city-wide League of Neighborhoods “Neighborhood Leadership Award,” the Albuquerque Human Rights “Bridge Award,” and the YWCA “Woman of Vision Award.”