Diana started her career in environmental management with as a DPI Soil Conservation Officer based on the Atherton Tablelands in the early 1980’s and then moved to Biloela where she worked  in the areas of conservation cropping and reduced tillage as well as the soil conservation layouts for erosion control.

While her children were growing up Diana spent several years working in the Horticultural industry doing irrigation scheduling with the neutron probe; developing irrigation, nutrition and pest management programs for tree crops; and TAFE teaching Horticulture and land management.

Diana also worked as Landcare coordinator for the Burnett Mary, FutrueProfit [Property management planning], extension in weeds and pest animals, and sustain land management in Banana and cane and she spent two years with Terrain as their Financial and contracts manager.

More recently, Diana has worked on ‘Water’ issues as  as part of the Reef Plan Extension Team with DPI based at South Johnstone working mainly on drainage, riparian restoration and artificial wetland construction.

Diana joined BDTNRM as Surface Water and Wetlands Coordinator in 2007.