CREDENTIALS

A dedication to quality educational content and delivery in both live and online formats has helped Dianna become one of the nation’s leading resources in the field of real estate education.  She is an author for Kaplan Real Estate Education/Dearborn Publishing and is an award-winning course author and instructor.  She has designed state specific real estate courses for licensing authorities in multiple states, serves as educational consultant for REALTOR® Associations, and has instructed and designed web-based real estate training for both national providers and REALTOR® Associations.

• Bachelors degree from USC in business/education/M.Ed in Education/Psychology

• Holds real estate designations of:
      GRI, Graduate, Realtor Institute
      LTG, Leadership Training Graduate

• Holds the instructor credentials of:
      DREI, Distinguished Real Estate Instructor, from REEA
      CDEI, Certified Distance Education Instructor, from ARELLO
      Graduate, Instructor Training Institute

• Past  Treasurer and Regional Vice President of the South Carolina Association of REALTORS®

• Past member of NAR’s Professional Development Committee which gives oversight to educational programs offered by the national association

• Past National President of the Real Estate Educators Association

• Currently Serves on South Carolina Real Estate Commission as member-at-large
• National Educator of the Year, Real Estate Educators Association, in both 1998 and 2003.
• National Program of the Year, Real Estate Educators Association, both in 2001 and 2003.  Her courses “Trust Account Management for Brokers” and “State Specific License Law—Live and Online” have been used by both regulators and associations nationwide.
• Co-Author, ARELLO Continuing Education Program 2010, “Top Ten Ways to be Disciplined”
• Serves as Director of Education for the Greater Greenville and Western Upstate Associations of REALTORS®. 
• Teaches continuing education courses throughout South Carolina and conducts instructor workshops for real estate commissions and REALTOR® associations across the United States.
• Author of two workbooks on real estate published by Kaplan Real Estate Education/Dearborn Publishing: 
• South Carolina  Real Estate Practice and Law
• Buyer Representation in Real Estate, published by Dearborn Real Estate Education, which is in its fourth printing.