Career
Axum has held many titles since serving as Miss America: university instructor, author, television executive producer and TV hostess, professional speaker and civic leader. Her Miss America scholarship was used to complete her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in Speech/Drama, Television and Film. In 1988, Axum was named a Distinguished Alumnus of UA and serves on the National Development Council. She also served on the steering committee of a seven year capital campaign that raised more than $1.046 billion for the university.
Heavily involved in the arts on the local, state and national levels, Donna serves as Chair of the Executive Committee for the National Committee for the Performing Arts for the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. She also serves on the Executive Committees of the Fort Worth Symphony and the Van Cliburn Foundation and the Texas Christian University College of Fine Arts Board of Visitors. At the state level, Donna is Chair of the Texas Cultural Trust, the 501c3 arm of the Texas Commission on the Arts and a founder of Texas Women for the Arts.
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