Dinean is a tenacious communications executive committed to helping cause-driven organizations achieve their goals through strategic communications and impactful storytelling. She joined The NYC LGBT Community Center in 2021 as the Senior Director of Communications + Marketing.

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Before joining The Center, Dinean was the VP of Communications for Multiplying Good (formerly known as The Jefferson Awards Foundation). Her career highlights include transforming Teach For America New York's messaging framework, establishing the public relations function at the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey, and serving as a founding publicist for Darnell Moore, Vice President of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix.

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Dinean is a passionate advocate for LGBTQ folx. In both her full-time and volunteer work, she has centered the needs, voices, and experiences of our most vulnerable and often silenced communities. She previously served as Board Chair for GLSEN Northern NJ, was an event consultant and Program Coordinator with the Hetrick-Martin Institute, and worked to combat HIV/AIDS as a CLEAR counselor with Project Wow at NJCRI. Dinean also worked to support LGBTQ young adults and professionals in her role as Director of PR & Speaker's Bureau for the You Belong LGBTQ Sports & Leadership Initiative.

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She received her BA in Communications from Seton Hall University.