Diane Winston

Diane Grisham Winston

Louisiana House of Representatives (District 77 – St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes)
In office 1996–2008
Preceded by	Edward J. Deano, Jr.
Succeeded by	John Schroder
Personal details
Born	(1948-08-13) August 13, 1948 (age 68)
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Robert Bryant “Bob” Winston
Children	2
Residence	Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Alma mater	Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas, Texas) Louisiana State University University of New Orleans
Occupation	Businesswoman
Religion	Lutheran
Businesswoman Winston narrowly lost a special election in 2005 to succeed the late Louisiana State Senator John Hainkel, and she was ineligible to seek a fourth term in the 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary.

Diane Grisham Winston (born August 13, 1948) is a businesswoman from Covington, Louisiana, who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996 until term-limited in 2008. Her District 77 includes parts of St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes in suburban New Orleans. In 2012, the district becomes based only in St. Tammany Parish.

Winston graduated in 1966 from Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, Texas. She first attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and thereafter received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Orleans. She is a fellow of the Institute of Politics of Loyola University in New Orleans, along former Representative Garey Forster and government watchdog C.B. Forgotston. Prior to her legislative service, Winston was the executive director of the St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce from 1988-1996. She also operated her own retail business in Covington. She has been active in the Children’s Advocacy Center, the Louisiana Breast Cancer Task Force, Habitat for Humanity, and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation. Married to Robert Bryant “Bob” Winston (born April 15, 1945), she is Lutheran.