51³Ô¹Ï

Donnette Ellis is the Community Relations and Grant Coordinator in the Office of Community Partnerships, Planning, and Research. She leads efforts to promote community engagement opportunities, showcase 51³Ô¹Ï’s role in community vitality, and reinforce a culture of positive campus-community engagement. She coordinates 51³Ô¹Ï's community giving programs to enrich local quality of life, build nonprofit capacity, and support community partners. Examples include the 51³Ô¹Ï Community Mini-grant Program, 51³Ô¹Ï donations and sponsorships, and the 51³Ô¹Ï Employee Volunteer Initiative Program. She is also the main contact for general office management and reservations for the Katherine Howell Weingart '61 Civic Innovation Pavilion in Renfrow Hall. 

Donnette serves as the Treasurer of the Friends of Drake Community Library Board, is a lifetime 51³Ô¹Ïian and loves spending time with her family. In her free time, she loves to read, traveling to the Denver area to spend time with her granddaughter, and walk her fur baby, Seymour.