Donna Axum

Education

University of Arkansas.

Career

In 1988, Axum was named a Distinguished Alumnus of UA and serves on its National Development Council. She also served on the steering committee of a seven-year capital campaign that raised more than $1.046 billion for the university. Heavily involved in the arts on the local, state and national levels, Donna serves as chair of the executive committee for the National Committee for the Performing Arts for the Kennedy Center in Washington District of Columbia She also serves on the executive committees of the Fort Worth Symphony and the Van Cliburn Foundation and the Texas Christian University College of Fine Arts Board of Visitors.

They celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on March 1, 2009.

Achievements

• Axum has held many titles since serving as Mission America: university instructor, author, television executive producer and television hostess, professional speaker and civic leader. Her Mission America scholarship was used to complete her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in Speech/Drama, Television and Film. At the state level, Donna is Chair of the Texas Cultural Trust, the 501c3 arm of the Texas Commission on the Arts and a founder of Texas Women for the Arts.

Views

Her faith is a stronghold of her life and is reflected in her service to the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary as an Advisory Board Member where she works in the areas of development and women"s ministries. She is also a member of the choir of Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth.

Membership

Axum from El Dorado, Arkansas, now lives in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a member of the boards of the National Committee for the Performing Arts of the Kennedy Center in Washington, District of Columbia, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Van Cliburn Foundation, named for the late pianist formerly from Shreveport, Louisiana, and the Texas Christian University College of Fine Arts Board of Visitors. While there, she was a member of the Delta Iota Chapter of Delta Delta Delta. She is also a member of the choir of Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth.

Currently, she is a member of the Advisory Council of the Dallas/Fort Worth World Affairs Council.