Background
Zevnik-Sawatzky, Donna Dee was born on December 15, 1946 in Tulsa. Daughter of Robert Joseph Z. and Dorothy Dee (Robertson) Zink.
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Donna Dee Zevnik-Sawatzky
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Student, University Control Oklahoma, 1977; student, Oklahoma State University, 1984.
Career
Secretary, Farmers Insurance Company, Oklahoma City, 1974-1980; office manager, S.A.F.E., Inc., Oklahoma City, 1980-1983; junior accountant, Southeast Exploration Corporation, Oklahoma City, 1983-1984; accountant, Young Brothers, Inc., Oklahoma City, 1984-1988; accountant, The Denman Company, Inc., Oklahoma City, 1988-1989; litigation coordinator, American Civil Liberties Union Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, since 1994. Board directors American Civil Liberties Union Oklahoma, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Miss Warr Acres (Oklahoma) Pageant, 1984-1988, Warr Acres Chamber of Commerce, 1981-1985. Treasurer American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, since 1995, board directors, since 1994. Child welfare advocate Oklahoma State Department Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Oklahoma City, 1987-1989.
Coordinator Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome clinic Triangle Association, Oklahoma City, 1994-1997. Founder Circle of Friends with Arachnoiditis World Wide Web Chronic Pain Support Group, 1997. Founder, executive director Arachnoiditis Support and Information Association, since 1998.
Member NAFE, American Civil Liberties Union (Executive Director Volunteer Svc. award 1996), Amnesty International, The Interfaith Alliance, Pflag, Human Rights Campaign, Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Interests
Connections
Married Kenneth Sawatzky, May 30, 1965. Children: K. Brian, Kaira D.
Awards
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Named Honorary Mayor of Warr Acres, 1971, Super Citizen, 1973, Outstanding Volunteer Oklahoma State Department Human Superior vena cava syndrome, 1988. Recipient Svc. award Warr Acres Chamber of Commerce, 1979, Legislation Commendation State of Oklahoma, 1988, numerous Oklahoma Newspaper Column of Month awards Oklahoma Press Association, Oklahoma City, 1981-1982.Named Honorary Mayor of Warr Acres, 1971, Super Citizen, 1973, Outstanding Volunteer Oklahoma State Department Human Superior vena cava syndrome, 1988. Recipient Svc. award Warr Acres Chamber of Commerce, 1979, Legislation Commendation State of Oklahoma, 1988, numerous Oklahoma Newspaper Column of Month awards Oklahoma Press Association, Oklahoma City, 1981-1982.