Running for El Mirage City Council
Donna is a native Arizonan and grew up on the west side of Phoenix. She graduated from ASU and double majored in Criminal Psychology and Communication. She was married to the late Dr. Joshua Winston, DVM, has four children and three grandchildren. She bought her first brand new home in Rancho El Mirage and has lived here for 24 years.
Donna has worked for Maricopa Community Colleges since 1996 and is currently a Student Service Analyst at the District Office. Along with her duties there, she has been an employee advocate leader for the last 224 years which included writing employee policy along with helping college employees.
Through this advocacy work, Donna was asked to start the public employee sector of Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriff, called “Maricopa Employees”. She is currently the President of this non-profit group and proudly leads her board by navigating public employees through process and policies of their organization.
Donna played a significant role, working with Judge Parascandola and community partners, in getting the Veteran’s Court established in El Mirage. One of Donna’s goals for the City of El Mirage is to partner with not only our local businesses but with our sister cities around us to build a stronger economy throughout our community.
Donna believes in giving back to her community and has been extremely involved in volunteerism since she was a very young girl. She was the Family Readiness Group Leader for almost five years for her youngest son’s Army battalion. She served on the Executive Board of the Single Mom Foundation and taught a 10-week course called “The Road to Self Reliance”. She currently sits on the Executive Board of Don;t Leave Me, which brings awareness to the dangers of leaving pets and children in hot cars.
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