Donna Zajonc

Donna Zajonc is a non-partisan political leadership coach, seminar leader, keynote speaker, and author of The Politics of Hope: Reviving the Dream of Democracy (published in October, 2004, by Synergy Books).

Highlights from her life experience include:

• Three-term Oregon Legislator, Secretary of State nominee and Gubernatorial campaign manager
• Political organizer in the arena of non-partisan public leadership education and community building seminars.
• Business owner, nurse, mental health advocate, one of American’s Ten Outstanding Young Women
• Participant in international women-leaders initiatives in Islamic countries.
• Active in local community, including school and recreation bond initiatives, arts fundraising drives, and private non-profit capital projects.
• Co-founder of the Bainbridge Leadership Center and director of the center’s Public Leadership domain.
• Co-chair of the political leadership coaching Special Interest Group (SIG), within the International Coach Federation (ICF)
• Certified Professional Coach (CPC).
• Business owner of franchise food business with multiple locations and 75 employees.
• Master’s degree in community affairs and public policy from the University of Oregon.
• Co-authoring Healing America’s Polarization: Harnessing the Power of Our Cultural Divide, along with her partner, David Womeldorff.

Donna states the purpose of her work is to “be a catalyst for a new era of political collaboration and transform our political system for the sake of generations to come.”

You may learn more about Donna by visiting her websites:
www.politicsofhope.com
www.donnazajonc.com