Who We Are

Diana Cutshall
Foundation Grants Writer & Development Copywriter
Senior Associate

Diana Cutshall has worked for more than twenty years as a professional writer in the Delaware Valley. Her experiences range from writing grant proposals to case statements to magazine articles to press releases. Since 1997, when she founded her own freelance writing business, Cutshall Communications, Diana's clients have included education, healthcare, arts and social service organizations, both in the region and across the country.

Diana began her professional writing career as a freelance reporter for The Chestnut Hill Local in Philadelphia. She went on to become a full-time staff writer in the Office of Development Communications at the University of Pennsylvania, writing articles, newsletters, brochures, speeches, case statements and grant proposals, as well as correspondence for former president, Sheldon Hackney, and provost, Stanley Chodorow.

Within three years, Diana became Associate Director of Development Communications at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to writing materials designed to attract resources to the School, she wrote speeches for Dean, Thomas Gerrity, and provided editorial direction and support to staff and fund-raisers in Development, the Annual Fund, and the Wharton Partnership. One year later, Diana became Wharton's Manager of Donor Communications.

Diana also worked as Manager of Public Relations for the Wistar Institute, a medical research facility in Philadelphia. At Wistar, she wrote press releases for international distribution, created and published two newsletters, Wistar Focus and Research Frontiers, and wrote Web site copy and an annual report.

Diana graduated summa cum laude from Arcadia University in Glenside, PA, where she earned a Master of Arts in the Humanities degree. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in English degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, PA.