Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Wells Fargo & Company, St. Paul, MN

Diane Lilly, Senior Vice President for Government Relations with Wells Fargo & Company, is a lay representative of Twin Cities Public Television and currently chairs the Board of Trustees. Diane directs Wells Fargo’s multi-state and federal legislative efforts as well as its grassroots lobbying and political action programs across the country. Diane also works with senior management developing corporate positions on key legislative issues that impact Wells Fargo. She also has responsibility for managing the Wells Fargo Community Reinvestment Act Risk Management Department.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 1998, Diane spent 11 years as president of Norwest Foundation and managed its $25 million giving program. She also spent nine years as vice president of Norwest Government Relations, directing federal and state government relations efforts in Norwest’s seven-state region and in Washington, D.C.

Diane is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and a member of the Minnesota Women’s Roundtable. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Council on Foundations, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, Hennepin Center for the Arts, Guthrie Theater Foundation and the Minnesota Private College Council. She also has served on the Minnesota Business Partnership Political Effectiveness Committee, the American Bankers Government Relations Committee, YWCA Board of Trustees, chair of the United Way of Minneapolis Corporate Foundation Council and Leadership Minneapolis.

Diane received her bachelor’s degree in English literature from Newton College of the Sacred Heart.