Diane Downing is Senior Vice President and Regional Manager of Corporate Affairs for Huntington National Bank in Cleveland. In that role she develops strategies for expanding the bank's community involvement, including charitable donations and memberships on local boards. Diane has served as the Cleveland District Director for United States Senator George Voinovich, as Vice President and Stadium Operations Director for the Cleveland Browns, Project Manager for the construction of the new Cleveland Browns Stadium, Executive Assistant for Service under Mayor Michael White, Deputy Director of the Ohio Lottery and in the Office of Mayor George Voinovich. She came to Cleveland in 1977, after graduating from Vassar College, to work for County Commissioner Seth Taft.
Diane was appointed to the Port Board by Mayor Frank Jackson. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Vassar College. In Cleveland she serves on the boards of the Gordon Square Arts District, College Now, the Cleveland Botanical Garden and the Bond Accountability Commission of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. She is a member of In Counsel with Women. Diane and her husband, attorney Tom Corrigan, live in Cleveland and have three grown children.