Mrs. Diane Deshong of Beverly Hills, California, is a trustee of The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands. She is the daughter of the late Leonore Annenberg, former US Chief of Protocol for President Ronald Reagan, and stepdaughter of the late Walter Annenberg, who served as the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s during the Nixon administration.

Mrs. Deshong was born in California and has lived in Philadelphia, Florida, and New York. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in history and political science, she worked in the newsroom for Philadelphia’s WFIL-TV and as an advertising copywriter for Doubleday Publishing in New York. She also worked in public relations and as an assistant photo editor for TV Guide. Her late husband, Howard Deshong Jr., was a respected advertising and marketing executive in New York.

When the family moved to Southern California in the 1970s, the Deshongs cofounded Deshong Studios, a photography studio renowned for its beautiful images of food that were used in magazine features, advertising, and packaging.

In addition to her service at Sunnylands, Mrs. Deshong is an active community volunteer, serving on the board of Assistance League of Los Angeles and Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, where she recently concluded a term as president of the Los Angeles chapter. She is also a member of ARCS, Achievement Rewards for College Scientists. She has a daughter, Leonore; a son, Howard III; daughter-in-law, Jeannette; and two grandsons.