The Blog
Fifteen years of writing on leadership, character, and country.
Leadership is a transformational journey — one of refinement and distillation. Donna’s eclectic background as a soldier, athlete, and civic leader informs her exploration of leadership in all its facets.
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A Sea of Women
This week I witnessed something I hope my own daughter will see one day—a sea of women in military uniform. More than 1,300 U.S.…
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Joining Forces—Businesses Building Leaders “The West Point Way”
West Point is the nation’s oldest and most respected leadership institution. For more than 200 years, it has been a high-pressure, high-performance, developmental laboratory…
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Objectified, Sexualized and “Miss Represented”
Besides the certainty of taxes and death, we know sex sells. Americans are bombarded with images of women to sell everything from beer to…
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. It’s Done.
Today President Barack Obama signs into law the repeal measure of the ban on allowing gays to serve openly in the military. In a…
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Risk of Repeal of DADT is Low the 23rd Study Finds
Earlier today, the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen announced the results of the Pentagon’s Comprehensive…
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How a Soldier Takes on Community Healthcare
When I was interviewing to be the executive director of a healthcare non-profit, the People’s Health Clinic (PHC), members of its board of directors…