About Donna Davis

Lifelong Educator, Community College Champion.

Donna’s passion for education started in kindergarten when she decided she wanted to become a teacher. She is a first-generation college graduate with a degree in Health Education from the College at Brockport, State University of New York.

After graduation, she married her college sweetheart and spent 23 years as an Air Force spouse teaching airmen, preschoolers, and military personnel around the globe.

Donna moved to the West Valley in 1990 with her husband and three children. Since then, she has had a variety of robust experiences in the nonprofit arena, which include coordinating a youth employment program, fundraising for the Future Farmers of America (FFA), and working for the last 18 years for a statewide nonprofit education advocacy group. 

Affordable Degrees, Brighter Futures.

Donna currently serves as secretary of the Maricopa Community Colleges Governing Board and as a board member on the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation. She focuses her time and experience on:

  • Creating more pathways for students to obtain high-paying jobs post-graduation.

  • Ensuring all students have the resources to attain education after high school, including affordable bachelor’s degrees offered at MCCD.

  • Updating curriculum to meet the needs of our rapidly changing economy.

  • Prioritizing competitive wages to recruit and retain high-quality faculty and staff.

Proven Leadership.

  • Helped lead the passage of the bipartisan Prop 486 to drive crucial improvements for MCCD.

  • Secured historic multi-year $16 million grant alongside the college system to fund student retention, degree completion and transfer pathways.

  • Chaired the Governor’s Commission of Service and Volunteerism for seven years and served three governors (appointed by Governor Brewer).

  • Graduate of Leadership West, Class 3.

  • Selected to serve as one of only fifteen people in the 2021 rural leadership development program - Project CENTRL, Class 29. This is a twelve-month leadership development program addressing issues unique to rural Arizona.

  • Presented with the 2015 Phoenix Champion for Children award from Children’s Action Alliance, recognizing her work to create a better world for Arizona children and their families.

  • Endorsed by the Maricopa Community Colleges Faculty Political Action Committee (FacPAC).

Re-elect Donna Davis.

Donna knows the West Valley’s economy is growing rapidly and employers desperately need appropriately trained employees to fill their positions. Re-electing Donna to the Maricopa County Community Colleges Governing Board will provide organizational continuity to further improve Arizona’s economy, continue developing tomorrow’s workforce, and create meaningful opportunities for students.