Donna Stifler serves in the Maryland House of Delegates for District 35A in Harford County.

She was born on February 24, 1965 in Baltimore, Maryland. When she was six, her family moved to Harford County and she attended Harford County Public Schools. Graduating from Bel Air High School in 1983, Donna went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Zoology in 1987 from North Carolina State University.

After graduating from NCSU, she worked in Annapolis for a major pharmaceutical firm as a sales representative. In 1988, she moved back to Bel Air where she continued her career as a pharmaceutical representative for the next eight years. During her tenure as a pharmaceutical sales person, she was promoted to Field Sales Trainer and earned both District and Regional Sales awards. She retired from the field in 1996 after the birth of her second daughter.

For the next five years, Donna was a full-time mom. While a stay-at-home mother to her two young daughters, she began taking correspondence classes in 1997 in teaching through Moody Bible Institute. In September 2001, when both her children were enrolled in school full-time, she became a fifth grade teacher.

Elected in 2006 to the Maryland House of Delegates, Donna is a member of the Economic Matters Committee and the Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). She also serves on three subcommittees: Workers’ Compensation, Alcoholic Beverages and Unemployment Insurance. Donna is a member of the Governor’s Family Violence Council and serves as the Harford County Delegation representative on the Harford County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. She is also a member of Ladies in Leadership and the Women’s Caucus in the General Assembly.

Donna and her husband Tom, a life-long resident of Harford County and fellow graduate of Bel Air High, live in Forest Hill with their two daughters. Tom owns Triad Mechanical Services, Inc., a commercial and industrial heating and air-conditioning company. Donna and her family are active members of their church, Mountain Christian Church, in Joppa.

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