About the Author

Diane Leone is a native of St. Augustine, Florida. Diane is a Certified Interior Decorator and owns her own design firm. She is also a marketing specialist and has owned her own marketing firm, Marketing Edge, Inc., for the past 15 years. Diane is also an established author with a published marketing book, Marketing Multifamily Housing with Integrated Marketing Strategies, available at www.amazon.com. Diane currently writes a monthly column on design trends for a regional magazine, as well as a monthly column on the business of design for a national magazine. Diane's background includes marketing, advertising, television, radio, agency work, event and wedding planning, writing, and interior decorating. Diane has hosted several local real estate design shows. Diane's business was honored as one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Businesses in the State of Florida in 1999. She has a passion for education and was appointed by the Governor to serve on two State Educational Advisory Boards, the Postsecondary Education Advisory Council, and The Council for Education Policy Research and Improvement, and she currently serves on the Board of Trustees for St. Johns River Community College. For more information about Diane's work, visit her Web site at www.DianeLeone.com.