Diana Sole, Executive Producer and Contributing Writer

If you were about to battle a wrestler the size of Andre the Giant, you’d want someone who knows a few tricks in the ring.

Diana Sole has faced the beast called a documentary before and won. Diana, the executive producer of "A Moving Monument: The West Virginia State Capitol" and a contributing writer, also has steered MotionMasters through the completion of several other successful documentaries.

Her company’s credits include "The Soul of the Senate: A Documentary of U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd," "A Principled Man: Rev. Leon Sullivan" and "John Marshall: Citizen, Statesman, Jurist."

Diana is a veteran of the communications industry. She has been president of MotionMasters since 1988 and prior to that served as its vice president and executive producer.

With nearly 30 years in the industry, she has led innumerable public relations, advertising and marketing campaigns designed to educate, motivate and persuade. Under her direction, the company has evolved from a film and video firm serving West Virginia clients to an award-winning producer of educational media and documentaries that are distributed nationally.

In addition to leading MotionMasters, she served as the communications director and spokeswoman for the 1996 campaign of former West Virginia Gov. Cecil H. Underwood. Political candidates, corporations and nonprofit organizations have sought her strategic communications consulting.

Her communications and business skills led to her selection as editor of Capacity magazine, a publication of the Robert C. Byrd Institute that focuses on economic and business issues in West Virginia, principally those affecting the manufacturing sector. Diana is the associate editor of WeSave magazine, a publication that goes to public employees in several states, including West Virginia. She also served as the managing editor of Leverage magazine, a publication of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation, based in Washington, D.C.

Diana is active in several community service organizations. She currently serves as a member of the Charleston Area Alliance Board of Directors and is a member of its executive committee. She is vice president of the board of Kanawha-Putnam Habitat for Humanity, a group she has been actively involved with since 1990. She was a co-founder and co-chair of the Charleston Area Medical Center Foundation’s Children’s Fund Gala and is a member of Elizabeth Memorial United Methodist, where she serves on the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee. Diana was the co-general coordinator of Celebration Station, Charleston’s community playground that was built entirely by volunteer labor.

In addition to the awards her company has received, Diana is a 1997 recipient of the State Journal's "Who’s Who in West Virginia Business" award and is a winner of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Her visionary leadership is featured in the book, "Jumpstart Your Awesome Film Production Company," published in 2005.