REP. DONNA G. NELSON BIOGRAPHY

Address: 2150 NW St. Andrews Drive, McMinnville, Oregon 97128 USA
Phone: 503-472-7446
Fax: 503-435-2330
E-mail: grit@onlinemac.com
Web Site: www.DonnaNelsonForOregon.com

Political Affiliation: Republican

Age: 59

Occupation: Oregon State Representative District 24; Owner, Auctioneer with Donna G. Nelson Auctions LLC and founder, Yamhill County Weekend Market; Small Business Owner, 3N & Associates, Inc. for business development; Columnist, It Takes Grit

Occupational Background: Retired Senior Vice President Administration, Board of Directors, Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. and subsidiaries, 24 years; Founder: Evergreen Life Line, Evergreen Mutual Credit Union, Evergreen Business Management Company, Evergreen Express (Terre Haute, Indiana), AAA Professional Promotions, 401K Program and corporate management systems encompassing 178 countries and 100 satellite bases; former college, adult education, secondary and continuation school teacher; former farmer, llama and Boer goat enterprise.

Education: M.B.A., B.B.A., West Texas A&M University; A.B., South Plains Junior College

Prior Governmental Experience: Oregon State Representative District 29; Vice-Chair Agriculture Committee; Business, Education, Transportation Committees; Interim Committees on Business, Columbia Gorge; Task Force for Women National Conference of State Legislators, Human Resources Committee; Women in Government; Western Oregon University Foundation Board; Chemeketa Business Committee; Yamhill County Budget Committee; Yamhill County Parks & Recreation Board; Yamhill County Special Transportation Committee; 21st Century Afterschool Committee; Polk-Yamhill-Marion Counties' Mental Health founding committee for POYAMA Land Treatment Center for Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children; 24 years' government contracts administration in concert with over 200 agencies for private enterprise; Corporate liaison for Government Affairs, Washington, D. C.; Republican Precinct Committee Person.

Recognitions: Nominated for Speaker of the House 2002 1984 Oregon Woman of Excellence; USAF Award for Desert Shield/Desert Storm Civilian Support; Evergreen International Aviation and Airlines Delford M. Smith Outstanding Leadership Awards; Evergreen Helicopters Outstanding Administrator Award; Evergreen Air Center (AZ) and EAGLE President's Awards; Who's Who of American Women; The World Who's Who of Women; Who's Who in Finance and Industry; Outstanding Young Women of America; Men and Woman of Distinction; Community Leaders of America; Silver Poet; Beta Sigma Phi Woman of the Year; Nominated for 2001 Oregon Woman of the Year.

Civic and Community Involvement: Founder, Fund for Hope; Co-Founder, Free Enterprise Fund for Kids; Founder, Newcomers Club and McMinnville Duplicate Bridge Association; Founder, McMinnville Business Administrators' Committee; Salvation Army Board; Evergreen-Doe Humane Society Board Newberg and McMinnville Chambers of Commerce--education, transportation, government affairs committees; City Club; Linfield Chamber Orchestra Board; Newberg Steelheaders; Beta Sigma Phi President; National Defense Association; Parent-Teacher Clubs; elementary school foreign language program; foreign exchange student program

Supporter: NW Medical Teams; World Vision; Feed the Children; March of Dimes; Boy Scouts of America, Den Mother; Girl Scouts; Carousel Kids; American Heart, Cancer, MS, Leukemia, Diabetes Fund Drives; Disabled Veterans Associations; Mary M. Brooks Guild; Boys & Girls Aid; FISH; Special Olympics; senior citizens; youth sports and fine arts; SMART; YCAP; Food Bank; CASA; Henderson House; Hospice; Juliette House; Spanish class; charity and community events; Bethel Baptist Church; Right to Life.

Personal: Single parent of three grown children; former foster parent to five other children; grandmother. Small rural town upbringing; self-financed college education; care-giver. Moved to McMinnville 1971.

Special Achievements and Involvement: Oregonians Helping Ethiopians, famine mission; The Good Ship Friendship Mission, Russia, humanitarian mission; Blindness Survey, Nepal; Angel of Mercy Mission, Romania; World Health Organization fight against black fly river blindness (onchocerciasis); World-wide disasters, defense, medevac, drug-interdiction, peacekeeping missions; Vietnam POW Campaign; Panama mission, and Desert Shield/Desert Storm support; Establishment of Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center for Mother Teresa, India; Founder Evergreen International Aviation 6M Training, Management Review, Corporate Awards Program, Employee 401k Program and Credit Union; National Speakers Asociation; International Professional Speaker; Columnist, It Takes Grit; Writer, Author;