Diana Clynes is the Executive Director for the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP). She is responsible for implementing and executing the mission and national strategy for the Association. Clynes initiates and manages the organization’s funding contracts and maintains and develops existing and new relationships with industry, government and organizational partners. She represents AAKP on a variety of state and national renal-related committees, coalitions and workgroups.

Clynes works directly with the Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Committee to create program metrics and analyses to ensure mission, goals and objectives of the Association are being met/exceeded, are meaningful and create positive behavioral changes in constituents. She joined AAKP in 2005.

Prior to joining AAKP, Clynes conducted public relations, communications and marketing for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Outreach Coordination and Division of Marine Fisheries Offices as well as the Tampa Bay Port Authority. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations as well as a minor in Business.

Kidney donation, Kidney Disease Health, Healthcare, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Quality & Safety, Business of Healthcare,