Dr. B. Dianne Dinkel is an assistant professor for the College of Adult and Professional Studies. She has a background in education and finance, completing her Master of Business Administration with Arizona State University, her Doctor of Education with Northern Arizona University and putting those skills to task for over 28 years in various capacities. She served as the senior fiscal officer at Grand Canyon University and as the Vice President of Business Affairs for Concordia University as well as Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago. In 2006, she began service as fiscal director and ultimately President/CEO of ATHENA International – an organization that supports, develops and honors women leaders through multiple leadership programs.

An educator by heart, Dinkel stepped into a faculty role in 2011 at CSU, teaching courses in both the Master’s and Bachelor’s programs in CAPS. She teaches Ethical Decision Making, Innovative Managerial Strategies, Managing Diverse Cultures, Social Entrepreneurship, and Macroeconomics. Dinkel’s awards include Who’s Who in Higher Education (1994), Grand Canyon University Distinguished Alumnus, Outstanding Service Award for Public Education from the American Cancer Society, The International Alliance for Women 2009 World of Difference Award, The 100 Women Making a Difference in Chicago from Today’s Chicago Woman magazine (2011), The Women of Wealth magazine, 2011 America’s Women Top Mentoring Leaders award, The Sand Springs Education Foundation 2013 Hall of Fame Inductee, and in 2014 the recipient of the prestigious ATHENA National Leadership Award, where she remains to this day as a Founding Lifetime member and mentor of ATHENA and their mission.

In her spare time, Dr. Dinkel enjoys reading, traveling, and most importantly, being “Nana” to her five grandchildren.

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