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THE VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL<br />
14 www.TheValleyBusinessJournal.com<br />
<strong>November</strong> 20<strong>22</strong><br />
EXECUTIVE PROFILE | Diane Strand<br />
Through hard work, determination and dedication Diane<br />
Strand alongside her partner, Scott Strand, in both Life and<br />
Business, have built three successful JDS entities; Multi Awarding<br />
JDS Video & Media Productions, Inc., /dba: JDS Actors<br />
Studio and the Award winning nonprofit 501c3 JDS Creative<br />
Academy which altogether make up JDS Studios. Diane is<br />
the Executive Producer of Riverside County’s first news and<br />
information broadcasted TV Show, Diane is also the founder<br />
of Temecula’s Biggest Digital Media Festival and Competition<br />
DigiFest Temecula now in its 6th year.<br />
AFFILIATIONS:<br />
Diane is honored to be the 1st<br />
Vice President of Southwest Economic<br />
Development Coalition, an<br />
appointed board member, by 3rd<br />
District Supervisor Chuck Washington<br />
for Riverside County Workforce<br />
Development, the Chair for Southwest<br />
Riverside County Workforce<br />
Committee, JDS Creative Academy’s<br />
Founder, Executive Director<br />
and Board President. In addition,<br />
JDS Inc. and JDS Creative Academy<br />
are each members of the Temecula<br />
Valley Chamber of Commerce<br />
and the Economic Development<br />
Coalition. JDS Creative Academy<br />
is a member of Visit Temecula and<br />
Diane is the 2020 Xenia award recipient<br />
for Ambassador of the year.<br />
JDS is proud of the partnerships with<br />
The State of California with our apprenticeship,<br />
Inland Regional Center<br />
with our Title 17 program design and<br />
the City of Temecula with DigiFest<br />
Temecula.<br />
LIFE & BUSINESS<br />
PHILOSOPHY:<br />
Dream Big, Show Up, Work<br />
Hard, Take Risks, Say Yes, have<br />
Integrity, Never say Never, You only<br />
really fail if you quit, Give Back,<br />
Share your Knowledge, Tell your<br />
Story, Family, Community, Be Professional,<br />
and Kindness Matters. “I<br />
haven’t come this far to only come<br />
this far!” H.O.P.E Help One Person<br />
Everyday!<br />
GOALS:<br />
I plan to continue to provide<br />
opportunities to those who want to<br />
find a career in visual, performing<br />
and digital arts, in all populations:<br />
mainstream, and those with developmental<br />
disabilities and autism.<br />
Expanding workforce opportunities,<br />
bringing community together<br />
through the arts, continuing to grow<br />
JDS Creative Academy’s 3-day Digifest<br />
event, continuing to work with<br />
our valued JDS Inc. clients helping<br />
them market and communicate their<br />
business, launching actors into the<br />
mainstream entertainment industry,<br />
cheering on my amazing three Children<br />
– as they develop into productive<br />
adult humans and one day retiring on<br />
the beach somewhere south of here with<br />
my husband.<br />
MENTORS:<br />
I have had several, and new mentors<br />
enter my orbit every day. I try to<br />
glean something from every interaction<br />
I have, even those I mentor, I learn and<br />
grow from them just as much, as those I<br />
collaborate with and observe and glean<br />
influence from a far. I have my Dad’s<br />
strong work ethic, just keep plugging<br />
away by showing up, while in college,<br />
I learned Business 101 from one of<br />
my first Boss, who was a CPA, and<br />
I learned TV Production working for<br />
some amazingly talented individuals<br />
working on A list shows in the entertainment<br />
industry. My husband ignites<br />
my entrepreneurial spirit, and supports<br />
me so I can be strong, my JDSCA board<br />
who share the vision, and the business<br />
professionals in my community that I<br />
partner with and admire.<br />
FAVORITE READING:<br />
Scripts and Periodicals. I read a lot<br />
for work so I don’t read a lot for pleasure…..<br />
I am a TV Girl. My “Must See<br />
TV” Show still to this day is General<br />
Hospital. I have been watching it for<br />
40 plus years. The only time I did not<br />
watch the show, was the year I worked<br />
on the directing team for the show. I<br />
was reading scripts two weeks ahead<br />
of what aired.<br />
RESUME:<br />
General Hospital, Friends, Veronica’s<br />
Closet, Warner Bros., Universal<br />
Studios, The Walt Disney Company:<br />
Disney Channel, Built the HD Control<br />
Room at Staples Center, the DNC 2000,<br />
HBO Pay Per View, and Independent<br />
Production Companies. Current Diane<br />
is a bestselling author on entrepreneurship,<br />
and she just launched her second<br />
book on Breaking into the Industry as<br />
an Actor called Show Business. She<br />
is President of JDS Video & Media<br />
Productions, Inc. founded in 2003,<br />
Producer at JDS Actors Studio founded<br />
2010, launching over 100 careers in the<br />
industry, Founder, Executive Director<br />
and Program Director for JDS Creative<br />
Academy founded in 2014, the<br />
Executive Producer for JDS Creative<br />
Academy’s Award-Winning TV<br />
show Spirit of Innovation and the<br />
Founder of DigiFest Temecula.<br />
BIRTH PLACE:<br />
Detroit, Michigan
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