Diane Wood

Diane Wood Treasurer Prospera Partners

Diane is a financial professional with over thirty years of experience in the investment field.She is a founding member of Prospera Partners LLC, a Newton-based strategic financial planning firm providing independent and objective advice to private clients.Prior to Prospera Partners, Diane served as a partner in Verity Investment Management Group in Jacksonville, FL and served as a Vice President, portfolio manager, and Chief Investment Officer for Allmerica Financial Corp. in Worcester, MA.A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), she has an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and is an adjunct faculty member at Babson College Olin Graduate School of Business.Diane re-joined the Club in 1997, having been a member prior to locating to Worcester.She served as Co-Chair of the Program Committee from 1998 - 2002, and its Vice Chair for 2003 - 2004.She was a member of the Strategic Planning Committee from 2001 - 2004, and has been a member of the Finance Committee since 2004.Diane developed the Club's cash management plan and oversees its investment program.

Retirement Planning Seminar-Catherine Friend White of FinArc LLC Investment Mangement and Diane Wood of Prospera Partners host this seminar, covering such topics as determining an individual's retirement financial needs, allocating assets, and understanding choices among stocks, bonds, mutual funds and new products like Exchange Traded Funds.

Diane WoodTreasurer Prospera Partners