Dien is the Founder and CEO of Daylight, a learning partner equipping wealth and philanthropic advisors with the confidence, competence, and cultural dexterity to grow their practices and strengthen client relationships. Daylight’s Certified Impact Philanthropy Advisor (IPA) program and certificate offerings establish a new benchmark for excellence in philanthropic planning education.

She was named in Wealthmanagement.com’s 2025 Ten to Watch: Innovators and Influencers Set to Change the Industry. Dien was inducted into the 2023 National Association of Charitable Gift Planners (CGP) Hall of Fame and recognized for her academic leadership with the Distinguished Faculty Award from Wealth Management Institute in Singapore.

Dien serves as the lead faculty for philanthropy at WMI, where she was instrumental in launching Asia’s first professional philanthropic certification program. Previously, Dien founded the Center for Philanthropy and Social Impact at The American College of Financial Services, where she also developed and taught courses in the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®) program as the Blunt-Nickel Professor in Philanthropy.

Dien’s early career included senior roles in wealth management and global development organizations. She holds a Juris Doctorate, an LLM in International Law, a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP®), an Accredited Estate Planning (AEP) designation, and is a Certified Impact Philanthropy Advisor.