Diahann A. Smith

Diahann Smith is a marketing professional with over 20 years of experience in the dairy industry. She started her career at the Orlando Sentinel, where she worked for 13 years progressing from intern to marketing manager with a focus on consumer marketing and promoting the newspaper. She was subsequently recruited to develop a Hispanic strategy for the dairy industry in Florida. Her work has included promoting dairy in the Caribbean, at the Florida level, and nationally across the U.S. promoting Hispanic initiatives. Currently, she focuses on building strategic partnerships, developing integrated marketing programs, and creating growth opportunities across the food, retail, food service, and consumer sectors. Smith earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Central Florida and her master's at Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business. She has been a member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando for over 20 years, serving in volunteer and board positions, and has served on the boards of the University of Central Florida Alumni Association and the Crummer Graduate School of Business. She was nominated as one of the most influential Hispanics in the community and was a finalist for the Don Quixote Awards Professional of the Year in 2023 in Central Florida.