Candidate: Diana L. Shoemaker

Diana Shoemaker is a longtime Bradenton resident and active community leader whose passion for social justice and leadership started at a young age volunteering in her community and watching her mother work to establish a local nonprofit organization. Diana earned her master's degree from Columbia University and has more than 25 years of experience in community and educational program development and services.

​Diana served as President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity Manatee and earned a reputation as a consensus builder, working with municipal representatives and neighborhood residents to create affordable housing for Manatee County residents. 

Diana’s experience includes:

• Elders Action Network, Executive Director

• Habitat for Humanity Manatee, President & CEO (2009-2021)

• Family Promise of Manatee County, Director (2007-2009)

• Manatee County Affordable Housing Task Force, Chair (2016-2017)

• City of Bradenton Housing Advisory Committee, former member

• Bradenton Kiwanis, former member

• Leadership Manatee, Graduate Class of 2012-2013

• Executive Leadership Academy - Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance, Graduate Class of 2017

Diana lives in Bradenton with her husband Mark and raised her two children here.

For more information, see www.electshoemaker.com or call: 941-840-1049.