Diane Boyd Rauber
Diane Boyd Rauber
National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Inc. (NOVA)
Diane Boyd Rauber, Esq. is the Executive Director of the National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Inc. (NOVA) in Washington, DC. NOVA is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) educational membership organization, representing more than 750 attorneys, agents, and other qualified members assisting tens of thousands of our nation’s military veterans, their survivors, and their families who are seeking to obtain earned benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Prior to joining NOVA in September 2015, Ms. Rauber worked as the Associate General Counsel for Appeals with Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA). In this capacity, she oversaw PVA client representation before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board), provided support and training to PVA’s service officers, and analyzed cases for potential appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC). She previously worked as of counsel to the Law Office of Wildhaber and Associates and as a staff attorney for the National Veterans Legal Services Program, representing veterans and their families before the Board and the CAVC. She has presented at numerous veterans’ law conferences, on topics including successful advocacy and military history research. She also served as a consultant to the American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law, writing and editing publications on an array of child welfare issues, to include court improvement, education, child custody, parent representation, and judicial excellence.
Ms. Rauber received her B.S. in Communication Disorders from the Pennsylvania State University, M.Ed. in Special Education from the University of Pittsburgh, and J.D. from the Catholic University of America School of Law. She is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bar Associations, the CAVC Bar Association, and the Maryland Bar Association Veterans Affairs and Military Law Section, as well as current Vice President of the CAVC Historical Society. She is the co-author of Justice and The American Veteran: A History of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC 2022).
