New FLARE President Diana Carlin Targets Growth in Milestone Fifth Year
With Carlin, the First Ladies Association for Research and Education continues to build out offerings that expand and aim to ‘rewrite’ America’s first ladies history.
As the First Ladies Association for Research and Education (FLARE) enters its fifth year, the new president of the nonprofit, Diana Carlin, is looking ahead at 2026 as another pivotal year in its growth.
Carlin is the third president of the association, following Nancy Kegan Smith and its inaugural president Myra Gutin.
In just a few short years, Carlin, professor emerita of communication at Saint Louis University and a retired professor communication studies at the University of Kansas, has watched members of FLARE get the support and opportunities that it originally intended. As an example, Carlin, who has also taught college courses on first ladies, shares that she invited a professor doing first ladies work to join the organization, w…
