Background
West, Donna Rae was born on December 3, 1953 in Williston, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Robert Doyle and Miriam Gwendolyn (Gilbreath) Laminack.
West, Donna Rae was born on December 3, 1953 in Williston, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Robert Doyle and Miriam Gwendolyn (Gilbreath) Laminack.
Bachelor, West Texas State University, 1976; postgraduate, West Texas State University, 1980-1981.
High school Spanish, English and French teacher, Plains (Texas) Indiana School District, 1976-1979; high school teacher, Palo Duro High School, Amarillo, Texas, 1979-1980; part-time sales clerk, Amarillo Floor Company, 1980; part-time tax accountant, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, Amarillo, 1981; staff accountant, intermediate, then senior manager, Brown, Graham & Company, Professional Corporation, Hereford, Texas, 1982-1986; vice president, Brown, Graham & Company, Professional Corporation, Hereford, Texas, since 1986.
Pageant director Miss Hereford Scholarship Pageant, 1987, 88. Committee chair United Way, Hereford, 1987-1988. member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (member tax institute 1989-1992, board directors panhandle chapter 1988, Texas Certified Public Accountants Legislation Leadership Class of 1994), Hereford Chamber of Commerce (president women's division 1989, Woman of Year 1988), Toujours Amis (treasurer 1992), Pilot Club (president 1988), Delta Zeta (historian 1974-1975).
Married Jay Michael West, November 28, 1981.