Donna Kane Dufner

Background

Dufner, Donna Kane was born on July 9, 1948 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Clarence E. and Marie Anna (Smollen) Daniels.

Education

Bachelor in Sociology cum laude, DePaul University, 1975. Master of Business Administration, University Chicago, 1977. Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1995.

Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology Management, Rutgers University, 1995.

Career

Consultant Planmetrics, Chicago, 1977-1979. Project manager American Telephone & Telegraph Company, United States and Ireland, 1979-1984. Assistant vice president Chemical New York corporation, 1985-1988.

Wireless networks project manager ARDIS (joint venture International Business Machines Corporation and Motorola), 1991-1994. Assistant professor Polytechnic University, New York, 1994-1996, University Illinois, Springfield, 1996-1900, University Nebraska, Omaha, 2000—2003, associate professor, since 2003. Consultant project management Bell Atlantic/New York-New England Exchange, New Jersey, 1996, ICGS, 1999, Omaha/Douglas County, 2000-2003.

Teaching fellow Rutgers University, New Jersey, 1989-1990. Guest speaker New York Academy of Sciences, 1995.

Achievements

• Donna Kane Dufner has been listed as a noteworthy Management information systems educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Docent Bahai House of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois, 1979-1982. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (named Outstanding Referee 1998-1999, senior referee, since 1998, Project Management Professional Certified), Association Information Systems, Project Management Institute, Omaha Women's Leadership Institute (leadership), Beta Gamma Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, cross-country skiing, cooking, sculpture, pottery.

Connections

Married John Raymond Kevern, December 23, 1995. 1 child, Kathleen Elizabeth.

Father:

Clarence E. Daniels

Mother:

Marie Anna (Smollen) Daniels

Spouse:

John Raymond Kevern

child:

Kathleen Elizabeth Dufner