Donna Hines

Donna Hines

"As Director of Administration at the Foundation For the Future, Ms. Hines oversees general administrative policy, accounting, personnel management, and office services. She supervises logistical details related to scheduling and hosting events, meeting planning, and travel and accommodations for Foundation officers as well as for participants who attend Foundation workshops, seminars, and symposia.

"Ms. Hines was invited to be part of the Foundation For the Future at its inception in 1996. She was named Deputy Director in 1997 and Trustee in 2001. Prior to joining the Foundation, she held a variety of administrative posts over some 20 years, most recently at Kistler Aerospace Corporation, Kirkland, WA, a company dedicated to developing the first fully reusable aerospace vehicles. Previous positions included Assistant Director of the Academy of Performing Arts in Honolulu, HI; Travel Coordinator for a Seattle tour wholesaler that packaged tours to Easter Island, the Galapagos Islands, and the Paleolithic caves of France and Spain; and administrative posts in The Kelsh Company, which promoted Alaska as a tourist destination, and Mosquito Fleet Enterprises, a whale-watching company. She also worked in general administration for SPACEHAB, Inc., a leading provider of commercial space services.

"She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico (UNM) in university studies, with emphases in psychology and sociology, and a teaching certificate for secondary education. During her college years, she was accepted into a UNM exchange program with the University of Massachusetts (UMass), where she won the approval of both UMass and UNM to take part in the writing and implementing of a unique off-campus program to investigate the academic and personal growth of students in independent study."