DR. DIANA DRISCOLL

CEO, LEED AP

Real Estate Interests

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”  (Marcel Proust)

Diana Driscoll, Ridgeline Hospitality, Hotel Development

LEED AP B, D + C (Specialist in Building, Design and Construction)

Member, Hotel Industry Professionals Worldwide

Member, U.S. Green Building Council

 

Ridgeline Hospitality, LLC:  Founder and Principal of this development company, focused solely on the development of unique, high-quality hospitality projects.

 

Hotel RescueTM Founder:  A group of seasoned hoteliers who have come together to help hoteliers not just survive but thrive in this difficult time.  Special expertise in cost effective social media and "going green gradually".

Realty Capital Corporation:  served as a limited partner investor in numerous commercial, residential and mixed-use projects.  Assisted developers with various retail and residential projects, including the purchase of Corral City, Texas.

 

Mansfield Warehouse Project, Mansfield, TX:  Purchased 6.5 acres in Mansfield, with a 30,000 sq. ft., fully-leased building as a 1031 exchange.

 

Keller Office Park, Keller, TX:  I served as co-developer (with my husband) on

this office development, and successfully formed a syndication, personally raising all

equity needed for the project in one day.

 

Fossil Creek Building, Fort Worth, TX:  Purchased, self-managed every aspect of ownership, and sold this office building with a 1031 exchange, and a high return on investment.        

 

Excellence in Educational Achievement

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” (Abigail Adams).  

 

LEED AP B, D+C Logo

LEED AP B, D+C: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design: Specialist in Building Design and Construction

Doctorate of Optometry, University of Houston, 1985 (Summa Cum Laude)

Graduate, University of Texas at Austin, 1980 Bachelor of Arts (Summa Cum Laude)

 

Entrepreneur

“The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.  The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. ”  (Dale Carnegie)

 

Founder, President, Ridgeline Hospitality, LLC 

A corporation established solely for the development and acquisitions of unique, up-scale hotels

 

Founder, President, Driscoll Realty Developments, Inc.

A corporation set up for the development, management, and investment in office, retail and industrial real estate.

 

Private Optometric Practices

My optometric career involved the successful development of numerous practices – including an array of established practice purchases, start-up endeavors, and small chain developments.  

 

Founder, President - Professional Money Management, Inc.

As a Registered Financial Advisor, while actively practicing optometry, I started Professional Money Management, Inc., focusing primarily on assisting doctors and single women with their financial goals. 

 

Founder, President - Practice Dynamics, Inc.

Through this start-up corporation, I appraised optometric practices, assisted doctors in brokering their practices - bringing buyers and sellers together, assisting with negotiations, contracts, etc.

 

Professional Consultants, Inc.

This corporation arranged for doctors to fill in at offices throughout Texas on an as-needed basis.  I was eventually brought into this corporation and made its President.

 

Frequent Speaker and Author

“Sharing what I have learned with others means that I must always stay informed, and challenges me to always stay on top of my game.”

Publications

Panelist

  • Crittenden Real Estate Finance Conference, Oct. 26-28, 2009 - Building Your Personal Brand: Using the Internet and Social Media to Build Your Business

  • Crittenden National Financial Conference, April 25-27, 2010 - Building and Destroying Your Personal Brand

  • Midwest Lodging Investor's Summit July 11-13, 2010 - Is Green Still Relevant?

 

 

Lecturer, American Optometric Association's Annual Congress, 1999

Lecturer, Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation Conference: Lectured at the 2008 EDNF Conference with an audience of hundreds of patients, doctors, and researchers.

Numerous public appearances, including radio (WOAI) and TV (”Good Morning Austin”)

Professional publications, include articles in:  Optometry News, Review of Optometry, American Optometric  Association News, Optometric Management

Co-authored, numerous publications for doctors on preparing their offices for the Year 2000.

 

Honors

“Recognition by my peers is a great compliment for which I am both grateful and proud.”

   

    Albert Schweitzer Award

   Texas Association of Optometrists Foundation of Excellence Award

    Ave Custos Oculi Award for Outstanding Achievement in Contact Lens Studies

    Excellence in Optics Award

    Excellence in Pathology Award

    Barnes-Hind Hydrocurve Contact Lens Award

    Honor Fraternities:  Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Chi, Beta Beta Beta, Beta Sigma Kappa

        Optometric Honor Fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Lambda Delta

  

Philanthropist

"Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others."  (Barbara Bush)

 

Swings and Smiles

Advisor/director of this non-profit organization that provides free playgrounds for the disadvantaged.

 

Whites Chapel United Methodist Church

Active involvement in my church, I have served on the Administrative Board, Preschool Board, and Family Board, I served as a Barnabas minister, and have participated in both the choir and orchestra, and missionary trips.

 

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome National Foundation 

As both a doctor and patient, I am working closely with the researchers on this rare, genetic condition, and spoke at the 2008 annual convention.

 

 

Personal Information

“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.  Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” 

(Dale Carnegie)

 

Living in Keller, Texas, with my wonderful husband, Rich, and our children, Taylor and

Jimmie.


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