Nashville Area Volunteer Spotlight: Diane Dubinski - April 2018

Our volunteer spotlight this month features Diane Dubinski, Mass Care Coordinator for the Nashville Area Chapter.  Diane is responsible for coordinating all the shelters in our nine-county area. With our annual tornado season now upon us, Diane’s job takes on added importance.

Diane has been in her present volunteer position since January of this year, but she’s been a Red Cross volunteer off and on since 2002, taking her first disaster class right after 9/11.  She also works internationally with another NGO, Project Helping Hands, teaching disaster management skills in other countries.  She is a Registered Nurse with a BSN and a Master’s Degree in Emergency Management and hopes eventually to work in emergency management professionally.

Diane said she likes working with the great people in our area and seeing how volunteering brings out the best in everybody. “I couldn’t do what I do if I didn’t have a great set of volunteers, and I like mentoring people. It seems everyone has something unique to bring to the table and their talents can always be utilized.”

Diane said she spends 20-30 hours a week on her Red Cross work. “I want to make sure that we can handle whatever comes our way in Nashville and all the surrounding counties.”

A Wisconsin native, Diane has been living in Nashville off and on for the last seven years. She’s married and has four grown children and one grandchild.