A Born Networker: Diane Sollee Has Put Marriage Education on the Map

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A Born Networker

Diane Sollee has put marriage education on the map

by Rob Waters

Diane Sollee clearly remembers the moment she lost her zeal for promoting the gospel of how marriage and family therapy were going to save the world. She was the associate director and conference coordinator at the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), and had been for much of the '80s. A born networker, with a beguiling charm and a gift for instant rapport, she'd found a way to connect with TV bookers, talk-show hosts, and print journalists to turn the sometimes arcane ideas of family-systems theory into easily-consumable material for the mainstream media. …