Career
Donegan was an advertising executive who worked on behalf of the American Federation of Labor-Congress-Chief Information Officer"s Union Labor Life Insurance Company. Later, he worked as Vice President of Marketing at America Online where he ran direct response marketing programs including direct mail and telemarketing. Prior to 1990, Donegan co-founded Gay Men and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), Washington, District of Columbia‘s response to anti-gay violence.
Through 2008, Donegan was board President of CrisisLink, a social service agency working to reduce suicide through prevention calls, and provided crisis counseling and developed support programs for survivors of suicide.
He currently serves as Clerk of the Board of the Fine Arts Work Center. In 2013, Donegan ran for and was elected to a seat on the Board of Selectmen.
The contest featured four candidates for two seats, including two incumbents Francis Santos and Austin Knight. Donegan led the balloting with 700 votes out of 1277 cast and was elected.