Distinguished Expert
Octavia Diener
Distinguished Experts
Octavia Diener
President and Owner
Densmore Engines
Diener is President and Owner of presently I am Owner/President of Tavie Diversified, Inc. which farms nuts and row crops in the central San Joaquin Valley. She is a former California Council on Science and Technology Member, 1995-2001.
Diener was appointed to former Governor Wilson’s State Transportation Commission, 1991-1998, and is a board member of the Fresno Business Council. She is a member of the School Board for the Center for Advanced Research and Technology, the Board of the Futures Institute and the Board of the California State University Fresno Foundation. She is former board member of the Valley Children’s Hospital. She has served as Past President of the Fresno Economic Development Corporation and the Fresno Chamber of Commerce.
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