About Diana Lee Carey

Fiscally responsible

Diana is the Vice-Chair of the Westminster School District Bond Oversight Committee, a member of the Coastline Community College Bond oversight Committee, and is the Chairwoman of the City of Westminster Measure SS Oversight Committee.

A lifelong educator

“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”
-Nelson Mandela
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Diana Carey is a lifelong educator, serving the students of the Huntington Beach Union High School District as a teacher in the Life Sciences, with an expertise in curriculum development and second language acquisition, and as a coach and an administrator.  

Diana served in the Newport-Mesa District as a junior high/high school principal, as an adult school principal and a district administrator responsible for K-12 drug and violence prevention programs. She was the only educator to serve on the Orange County Gang Intervention Taskforce, and received a crime fighting award from the City of Fountain Valley. 



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Community servant

Diana Lee Carey is the 2018 California Assembly Woman of Distinction in Education and the Arts.  Diana is the Westminster Citizen of the Year and a 2014 California Assembly Woman of the Year for her charitable work with active duty military families and the arts.  

Diana is a former Westminster Councilwoman, a Los Angeles County Conservator for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, and for 13 years represented the I-405 Corridor Cities on transportation issues.   She is a member of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce and is a small business advocate. She serves as the Vice Chair of the DPOC, and is a liaison on to the Vietnamese community.
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Her core belief is that strong public education is a partnership with parents, students and the community.  As a trustee, she will maintain strong academic programs that also offer a wide variety of elective, technology, arts, and co-curricular courses to help students become successful, and determine their future pathway to success.  She will continue to work with local communities to keep our learning environments safe and secure.