Dien Yuen (She/Her)

Dien founded Daylight in 2023 to create transformative learning experiences for advisors pursuing growth, service, and social impact. The Impact Philanthropy Advisor (IPA) certification and market-focused certificate programs set a new standard for philanthropic planning education. 
 
Dien serves as lead faculty for philanthropy at Singapore’s Wealth Management Institute (WMI), where she was instrumental in launching the Certified Impact Philanthropy Professional (CIPP), Asia’s first professional philanthropic certification. She was inducted into the 2023 National Association of Charitable Gift Planners (CGP) Hall of Fame and recognized for her academic leadership with the Distinguished Faculty Award from WMI.  

 

Previously, Dien founded the Center for Philanthropy and Social Impact at The American College of Financial Services, where she also developed and taught courses as the Blunt-Nickel Professor in Philanthropy for the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®) program.  

Dien holds a Juris Doctorate, an LLM in International law, a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP®), and an Accredited Estate Planning (AEP) designation.