Diana Anderson is the president, CEO and founder of D. L. Anderson International, Inc., parent company to subsidiary D. Anderson & Company. She is an early and tireless advocate for professionalizing the patient recruitment and enrollment processes, and has published numerous articles on this subject, stressing the critical importance of early strategic planning, keeping metrics, developing partnerships and improving retention. Over the past several years, Dr. Anderson's expertise in patient recruitment has attracted an international following. She has become a much sought-after speaker across the globe, addressing audiences in countries such as Israel, Australia, Japan and England. The depth of her global patient recruitment experience is captured in her latest text, International Patient Recruitment Regulatory Guidelines, Customs and Practices. She authored earlier books A Guide to Patient Recruitment and Retention (2004), A Guide to Patient Recruitment (2001) as well as a publication for the lay audience entitled 50 Ways to Cope with Arthritis. Dr. Anderson is also a past-chair of the Board of ACRP.