Diana M. Daniels

Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, The Washington Post Company

Diana M. Daniels became vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of The Washington Post Company in September 1991. From January 1988 to September 1991, she served as vice president and general counsel of the company. She joined the company in April 1978 as assistant counsel of The Washington Post newspaper. From July 1979 to December 1987, she was vice president and general counsel of Newsweek, Inc., with responsibility for all law department activities. While at Newsweek, she also had occasional responsibility for real estate and building services and human resources. Prior to joining The Washington Post Company, Daniels was an associate of the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

Daniels was born in Dillon, MT. She received a BA from Cornell University and a JD from Harvard Law School. She earned a master's of city planning from MIT and attended Stanford University's Business School, where she completed the Senior Executive Program. She received a diploma in urban design and regional planning from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Daniels is a member of the American Law Institute, a trustee of Cornell University, chairman of the board of The Appleseed Foundation, second vice president of the Inter American Press Association, and serves on the board of the American Bar Association Museum of Law. She served as a trustee of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and the D.C. Preservation League. Daniels also served on the Queens College Corporate Advisory Board.

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