[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO DONNA BOJARSKY

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 25, 1996

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to pay tribute to Donna 
Bojarsky, a dear friend who is intimately involved in Democratic Party 
politics and pro-Israel causes. I place great value in her opinion. 
Through the years, I have come to appreciate more and more her wise 
counsel and friendship. This year, she is the deserving recipient of 
the 1996 Richard S. Volpert Award from the Jewish Community Relations 
Committee.
  Donna's first foray into politics occurred at age of 8, when she 
distributed Bobby Kennedy buttons in front of a Beverly Hills 
delicatessen. After graduating from Brandeis University with a degree 
in political science, Donna began a string of campaign and staff jobs. 
She worked for Assemblyman Richard Katz and Mayor Tom Bradley, and on 
the Presidential campaign teams of Gary Hart (1984) and Michael Dukakis 
(1988). In 1992-93, she was the national entertainment coordinator for 
the Clinton campaign in Little Rock, AR.
  Head of her own firm, DB & Associates, Donna has provided fundraising 
assistance and political consulting to a range of clients, including 
Senator Daniel P. Moynihan and the Charles R. Bronfman Foundation. She 
also advises the actor Richard Dreyfuss on his political and charitable 
activities.
  Donna has always been a person of boundless energy. In addition to 
her political activities and professional duties, she is founder and 
cochair of LA Works, a nonprofit, public action and volunteer center in 
Los Angeles and serves on the national board of City Cares of America. 
Donna is also a founder and cochair of the New Leaders Project, a 
unique civic training program for young Jewish leader, and is a member 
of the executive committee of the National Jewish Democratic Council.
  I ask my colleagues to join me today in saluting Donna Bojarsky, 
whose dedication to the causes in which she deeply believes is an 
inspiration to us all. My wife, Janis, and I are proud to call her our 
friend.

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