El Dorado, Arkansas
Donna has held many titles since serving as Miss America: university instructor, author, television executive producer and TV hostess, professional speaker and civic leader. Her Miss America scholarship was used to complete her Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees at the University of Arkansas in Speech/Drama, TV and Film. In 1988, Donna was named a Distinguished Alumnus and now serves on the National Development Council and the steering committee for the Campaign for the 21st Century. By Presidential appointment, Donna served on the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. She is now a member of the National Committee for the Performing Arts, where she serves on the Executive Committee. Heavily involved in the arts on the local and state levels, Donna is a board member of the Fort Worth Symphony, the Texas Cultural Trust Council and Advisory Chair of Imagination Celebration (a supplemental public school arts program that serves 80,000 students a year). Donna also served on several committees for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and has recently been elected to their Executive Committee.
Donna is married to J. Bryan Whitworth, has two children and two grandchildren.
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