Diana Skurka is a founding member of Telescope Foundation and serves as Managing Director.
Diana leads the strategic development and implementation of all convenings for Telescope and its partners, both in person and online. She also joins other leaders in shaping Telescope’s strategic vision and the development of programmatic initiatives.
In previous roles, Diana was Managing Director at Schmidt Futures where she drove convening strategy and production across the company’s program portfolio with a focus on content creation, effective community building strategy, relationship management and the full scale logistical implementation of 50+ convenings on 5 continents every year. In addition, Diana spearheaded the launch of and ran the company's first international office in London, UK. Prior to that, Diana worked in the personal offices of President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, as well as played an instrumental role at the Clinton Foundation producing the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and other flagship events in New York and on a global scale from 2010-2016.
As a freelancer, she also supported a wide range of large scale events, including the Grammys, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential Campaign Launch, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Conference, Hult Global Prize Awards and the MIT Solve Conference.
Diana has a BA in Political Science and African International Relations from American University and enjoys spending her free time in London and traveling throughout Africa and the Middle East.
