Donna Whitman

Background

About Donna Whitman

With over 20 years of senior management experience in high-level government administrations, I am a policy and education expert who provides initiative-taking leadership and advice to elected officials, boards, councils, administrative and executive staff. As a Legislative Officer at Prince George's County Council, I lead the drafting and negotiation of legislation, resolutions, bills, amendments, and updates to the county code, incorporating all newly adopted acts and amendments, including recommendations from advisory bodies established by the council and county agencies. I also managed and facilitated the Responsible Legacy Task Force Recommendations and Final Report, and serve as a committee appointee and active member in the P3 Alternative Financing School Infrastructure Work Group and Task Force, which resulted in opening six new schools in the 2024/24 School Year. In addition, I am a long-term adjunct professor at Howard University, where I lecture and teach graduate level students on legal cases and policy issues related to public education, student rights and responsibilities, data privacy, assessments and outcomes, and teacher/public employee speech. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES K-12 Education Policy & Programming • Federal, State, Local Laws & Regulations • Higher Education Student Rights & Responsibilities • IDEA • Title IX • Title VII • Legislative Process • Government Relations Litigation • Administrative Hearings • Contracts & Agreements • Legal Instruments • Real Estate Matters Advocacy/Lobbying • Negotiation • Labor & Employment Law • Compliance & Reports • Grants • Private Foundations • 504(c)(4) Organizations • Risk Management • Budgets • Leadership Development • Training • Research & Writing • Communications