Diane Temme Stinton was born and raised in Lincoln. She attended Everett Elementary School and graduated from Lincoln Lutheran Jr./Sr. High School and had the amazing opportunity to study abroad in Germany as a sophomore in high school. She went on to graduate from UNL with a BA in German. Diane decided to pursue her first love and study music in the United Kingdom at Bangor University in North Wales. She studied violin, collaborative piano, and above all, musicology. She recently finished her Ph.D. in Music with a dissertation on musical settings of psalms in Counter-Reformation Germany in the late sixteenth century. She returned to Lincoln in 2015 and works for the family business as the Chief Administrative Officer. TMCO is a mid-size metal manufacturing company located just southwest of the Haymarket. Diane strives to emulate her dad, Roland, in his commitment to caring for his employees and in his dedication to the community. Diane serves on the Community Health Charities advocating for the NE Community Blood Bank, Junior Achievement, and Lincoln Children’s Zoo boards and is a member of the South of Downtown Coalition Steering Committee. She volunteers with Junior Achievement and is a Teammates mentor at Lincoln High. She is currently the Lincoln Area Director of Dream It Do It! a national non-profit organization that promotes opportunities and careers in manufacturing. She is an adjunct instructor at Doane University and coordinates the Music History curriculum and the strings program and has recently joined the Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Working Group at Doane.
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