Diane Hoskins

Diane Hoskins is an American businessperson and architect who currently serves as a Co-CEO of Gensler, the world's largest revenue-generating architecture firm, alongside Co-CEO Andy Cohen.[1][2] She is also on the board of directors for Boston Properties.[3] Hoskins has been covered by The Washington Post Magazine, Fortune, Business Insider and other news sources as one of the most influential and powerful women in business.[4][5][6][7]

Diane Hoskins
Hoskins speaking in 2019 at the INDA conference
Born
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
EmployerGensler
TitleCo-CEO

Hoskins, who was appointed to chief executive in 2005, is one of the Co-CEOs credited with taking the firm from being one of the largest architecture firms in the United States to the largest in the world.[8][5][9] Hoskins also founded the Gensler Research Institute in 2005.[10]

Diane is a member of Gensler’s Board of Directors, serving as its Chair of the Executive Committee, and is a former board chair. She is also on the Board of Directors of Boston Properties, where she holds the position of Chair of the Sustainability Committee and Member of the Governance and Nominating Committee. Additionally, she is a trustee of The MIT Corporation as well as a member of its Risk & Audit Committee. [11] As a hands-on leader, Diane oversees Gensler’s global platform and its day-to-day operations, with over 7,000 people networked across 53 offices, serving more than 4,000 clients in 140 countries. Diane is focused on Gensler’s global talent strategies, performance, and organizational development to ensure that we serve our clients with the world’s top talent. She is the catalyst for Gensler’s Research program, for which Diane is committed to delivering value to clients through strategies and innovations like Gensler’s Workplace Performance Index® (WPI).[12]

Early life and education

Hoskins grew up in Chicago. She attributes her decision to pursue architecture and design to the impression that the Chicago skyline made on her during her early years."[13]

Hoskins received her undergraduate degree in architecture from MIT in 1979. For her graduate studies, Hoskins completed a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA.[14][15] In an interview with Glassdoor in 2017, she explained how the pedagogy of MIT's architecture program at the time which focused on human-centered design impacted her thinking about the importance of designing with users in mind. She also credited a course on managerial psychology at MIT's Sloan School of Management for sparking her interest in workplace design and behavior.[13]

Career

Before coming to Gensler, she held senior roles at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Epstein Architecture and Engineering, and Olympia & York. Diane joined Gensler in 1994 and was appointed to Co-CEO in 2005, the same year she founded the Gensler Research Institute.[16][17] Under her leadership, Gensler became the world's first architecture and design firm to reach $1 billion in total annual revenue.[18]

Diane has is a regent of the American Architectural Foundation and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. [19]

Awards
  • Outstanding Impact Award. Council of Real Estate Women[20]
  • Global Visionary Award. World Trade Center Institute’s Maryland International Business Leadership Awards.[21]
  • Spirit of Life Award. City of Hope.[22]

Projects

References
  1. "Top 300 Firms of 2018: Gensler Leads the Pack for Seventh Consecutive Year". Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. Gorman, P. (2018, November 8). Gensler Co-CEOs bring an architect's mindset to the corner office. Chief Executive Magazine. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  3. Banister, J. (2019, May 23). Gensler Co-CEO Diane Hoskins Appointed To Boston Properties' Board. Bisnow.com. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  4. O'Connell, J. (2014, August 29). Three people creating the new Washington. Washington Post Magazine.
  5. Bradley, R. (2013, August 19). Gensler's power of three. Fortune.
  6. Martin, E., Loudenback, T. and Pipia, A. (2016, June 26). 22 successful women-led companies that prove there's much more to business than profits. Business Insider.
  7. Daisley, M. & Rogers, A. (2018, September 28). 2018's Most Powerful People in Residential Real Estate. Observer.
  8. ArchDaily Editorial Team. (2017). The World's 20 Largest Architecture Firms. ArchDaily.
  9. Ikensen, B. (2013, June 6). What's Inside Gensler's Secret Sauce? Metropolis Magazine.
  10. Carlock, C. (2019, May 23). Boston Properties names Gensler's Diane Hoskins to board. Business Journals.
  11. "Diane Hoskins | People". Gensler. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  12. "Diane Hoskins | People". Gensler. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  13. "How Gensler's Diane Hoskins Is Making Her Mark on Global Skylines (& Future Female Architects)". Glassdoor Blog. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  14. "Diane Hoskins (2013) | MIT Black History". www.blackhistory.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  15. Hoskins, SaFiya D. (2013-03-15), "Watson, Diane", African American Studies Center, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.38721, ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1
  16. Bradley, R. (2013, August 19). Gensler’s power of three. Fortune.
  17. LaBelle, M. & Buda, S. (2019, May 22). Boston Properties Appoints Two New Independent Directors. Boston Properties.
  18. Martin, E., Loudenback, T. & Pipia, A. (2016, June 13). Meet the top 100 business visionaries creating value for the world. Business Insider.
  19. "Diane Hoskins | People". Gensler. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  20. "Real Estate Icon Award". Washington Business Journal. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  21. "Diane Hoskins". Maryland Daily Record. 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  22. "Diane Hoskins | Board Member | BXP". Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  23. "Diane Hoskins | Thinking About the Future Workplace". Jacob Morgan. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
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