K 25 Influential Black Women Diane Blake, Esq. A fierce believer in God and a member of the Faith Exchange Fellowship Church in New York City, Blake alluded to the Bible and counseled that believing, and not doubting, makes people move mountains.
Life is a choice.
Driven so as a Christian, I choose to believe and say what God s word says about me, she said. Blake, who is a member of the Bar of the City of New York, serves on the Committee for Small Law Firm Management, and the American Bar Association, where she is a member of the Law Practice Management Committee. She won her JD from Rutgers Law School, and her bachelor s of science degree from Morgan State University. They told me and my classmates that we were special to stand tall, to speak proper English, and to strive for excellence. For a short period in 1995 and 1996, she was an assistant commissioner with the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice, where she oversaw the agency s privatization program.