Diane Pettit

Diane Pettit serves as a Brokerage Director for Highland Capital Brokerage. She began her career in the financial services industry in 1995. In addition, Diane specializes in estate planning, retirement planning, and large retention cases. She helps independent financial professionals receive their desired insurance coverage up to and above jumbo retention limits for their business clients and personal needs. Diane also actively recruits and collaborates with independent financial professionals and focuses on Highland’s elite producer group, HighCap Financial.

Before Highland acquired R.E. Lee, Diane worked for their operations team, concentrating on back-office support for independent financial professionals. Prior to that, Diane started learning the financial planning business at CIGNA Financial Advisors in Atlanta and provided marketing and internal wholesale support for registered reps with AIG.

She is fluent in Chinese and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from King College and a master’s in business administration from the Robinson School of Business at Georgia State University. She is licensed in Life, Accident, and Sickness, and holds both a Series 6 and 63 license.

Diane and her husband, Randy, reside in Marietta, Ga. They enjoy volunteering for MUST Ministries, the Red Cross, and Eastminster Presbyterian Church. She has served on numerous committees including Highland’s Advanced Markets Committee and the Athletic Board for Georgia State University. Diane loves playing piano and spending quality time with her husband, and their rescued pets, which includes two dogs (Luke and Maggie) and a cat (Kitty).