About Dianne K. Lehman

Dianne K. Lehman Executive Producer

Dianne Lehman is the Executive Producer and founder of Diabetes Compass, Canada's only multimedia diabetes education and awareness company.

Dianne was born and raised in Edmonton and is a veteran professional communicator. She enjoyed a 20-year career as a police dispatcher and is a retired, decorated sergeant from the Canadian Armed Forces Communication Command.

Dianne has been the driving force behind Diabetes Compass since its inception in 2004. The Type 2 diabetes epidemic came to her attention in late 2003, when an acquaintance suddenly died of diabetes-related kidney failure. She quickly realized that if she was unaware of this apparent epidemic, many thousands of Albertans and Canadians would also be unaware. She also found the need for greater access to existing diabetes health information.

Dianne retired from the RCMP early to found Diabetes Compass, in an effort to profoundly contribute to her nation. Diabetes Compass was created to prevent unnecessary loss of life and health complications due to poor diabetes health management and lack of knowledge. The first diabetes education vehicle was Diabetes Compass Magazine. Diabetes Compass Radio and Diabetes Compass website superseded the magazine, to provide an extended reach to many more thousands who suffer from Diabetes. Diabetes Compass is rich with expert health content as it broadcasts with a purpose, dedicated to educate, inform and inspire all Canadians to lead a healthy life and avoid diabetes health risks.

Dianne's mission is to prevent a Type 2 diabetes pandemic in Canada, engage policy makers and stakeholders in aggressive Type 2 diabetes prevention and awareness and help individuals learn to prevent this disease or manage it well.

By 2006, she was also aware of the looming Type 2 diabetes pandemic Canada and other nations were now facing. She was called upon as a diabetes leader; stakeholder in early 2007, to attend and participate in an international diabetes forum regarding the looming Type 2 diabetes pandemic. That forum prompted Dianne advance her endeavor to engage with policy makers to swiftly and aggressively address the diabetes crisis.

Dianne is now a diabetes health specialist who expands the access to expert diabetes health information. Her latest milestone is the placement of diabetes health classes online for unlimited, free, 24/7 access to all Canadians. Quickly distinguishing herself as a leader in less than three years, Dianne brings valuable insight as she sets an example of how one person can affect huge, positive change. Her premise is: Every private citizen has a public responsibility. She continues to passionately pioneer this enormous undertaking, determined to lessen the human and financial burden of the Canadian diabetes epidemic and halt the curve of the looming pandemic.