Diana Simmons

Diana Simmons, Chief Operating Officer, Diana Simmonswas born and raised in northern California and has spent her career focused on purpose-driven organizations. She began working in non-profit environmental policy and consulting in air quality, land use, and transportation technology in both California and Boston. She spent 15 years at Clif Bar + Company where she drove brand management, launched new products, led the sustainability team to assess impacts from the field to the final product, and built and led the company’s cross-functional new product commercialization launch process. As Chief Operating Officer, she leads marketing communications, government affairs, administration + procurement, IT, and the Project Management Office. She holds an undergraduate degree in human biology and an M.B.A from Stanford University and is an Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow (class of 2011-12).