Diane Gentle McDaniel

Diane Graduated from the University of Alabama in Birmingham in 1979 with a B.S. degree in Early Childhood Education. After graduation she taught in the Alabama school system while her two sons attended elementary school. During this time, Diane also taught business communication and customer service classes at a local community college where she was able to focus on her people skills. Concurrently, she made the time to serve on the local Charity League board where she was ultimately elected president.

Additionally, and most passionately, Diane became an active board member and deeply involved with Parents and Children Together (PACT). She helped to spearhead PACT’s Parenting Education programs in addition to other student awareness programs implemented throughout the Alabama school system. PACT, a very dynamic organization, is committed to preventing child abuse and neglect. It was and is still one of the first comprehensive child abuse prevention programs in the Southeastern United States. Because of her commitment to the organization, Diane notably received the prestigious Gail Hurst Founders Award.

After her teaching career, and as her sons became older, Diane decided to take her skill set into the business world. She joined the Berry Company (AT&T Yellow Pages) where she went through a rigorous ninety-day training period to enhance customer service and sales. She was transferred to Nashville TN with the Berry Company and later accepted a position with Bell South Mobility as a Major Account Sales Executive handling large clients throughout the state of Tennessee. Through this transition, Diane formed a lifelong friendship and partnership with Heather Gee-Thomas, her founding partner of G Squared Wireless.

Outside of the workplace, Diane enjoys horseback riding, snow skiing, boating, hiking with her dog Patty, and caring for her 95-year-old mother. She and her husband Steve cherish their weekends away with family and friends at their cabin on Lewis Smith Lake in Northern Alabama.