Dr. Diane Ridley

Dr. Diane M. Ridley is from Essex County, NJ and is graduated cum laude from The Montclair Kimberley Academy. In the soon thereafter her commencement from the academy, she matriculated at Columbia University where she earned both her B.A., cum laude (1988) and her M.D. (1992). In 1986, she was initiated into Delta Sigma Theta, a historically African American sorority; and, since, has routinely contributed to its mission of sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action. Moreover, Dr. Ridley’s work with the Delta Sigma’s North Manhattan Alumnae chapter has helped earn it national distinction in varied areas of charitable contributions, academic endeavors, and public service projects that advance Black and Brown neighborhoods. Presently, Dr. Ridley works in the Health and Hospitals Corporation at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx and lives in the Forest Hill section of Newark, NJ with her husband and three cats.