Background
Hughes, Donna Jean was born on March 24, 1959 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Daughter of John William and Wilma Connie (Beavers) Hughes.
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Donna Jean Hughes
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Bachelor of Science cum laude, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1981. Master of Science in Library. Science, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1985.
Career
Children's library Thomas Hackney Braswell Memorial Library., Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1983-1988, Wake County Public Libraries, Raleigh, 1988-1990. Children's services and outreach services library Handley Regional Library., Winchester, Virginia, 1990—2001, youth service division head, since 2001. Adjunct professor childrens literature George Mason University, spring 2000.
Storyteller, artreach artist Clarke County Schools, 1996-1999.
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Youth services advisory committee Library. of Virginia, Richmond, 1991-1996. Music director Broadway (Virginia) Baptist Church, 1990—2000. Music director First Baptist Church, Woodstock, 2000-2007.
Music director Woodstock (Virginia) United Methodist Church, since 2007, Sunday school director, 1991—2000. Co-founder singles ministry Sunset Avenue Baptist Church, Rocky Mount, 1984-1990. Singer Shenandoah Valley Chorus, 1990-1995, Evangelism Missions Panama, 1996-1999.
Member American Library Association, Virginia Library. Association (member Jefferson Cup award committee 1995-1996, 2004, 06), Children and Young Adult Roundtable (chair 1994-1995), Lord Fairfax Association of Educators of Young Children, National Association Educators of Young Children, National Storytelling Association, Quota International (committee chair, board directors 1994-1996), New Market Garden Club (committee chair 1992-2001), Phi Kappa Phi, Jefferson Cup Award Committee (chair since 2005).
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Education
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1981
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1985
Career
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1983 - 1988
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1988 - 1990
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1990 - 2001
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2001