Donna M. McAleer

Donna McAleer is the award-winning author of the ground breaking book Porcelain on Steel: Women of West Point's Long Gray Line.

Donna McAleer graduated West Point in 1987, and served in Germany as an Army officer in a variety of leadership positions in Germany. Donna left the service in 1991 to pursue an MBA at the Darden Graduate School of the University of Virginia and a career in the private sector.

Donna's professional career includes a variety of roles in public, private and not-for-profit corporations. She began her professional career with the Novations Consulting Group, later moving to Mercer Consulting Group. Donna than became a Vice President of Global Logistics and Support Services at GenRad, a leading producer of electronic test equipment. There Donna was responsible for the development and implementation of a global logistics and customer support strategy. In February 2000, she resigned her position at GenRad and moved to Park City, Utah, to begin an intensive training regimen. For the better part of two years, she committed herself to the pursuit of a lifelong dream and a unique opportunity--to represent the United States in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in the medal debut of Women's Bobsled. As a Bobsled Driver, she finished 4th in Olympic trials.

Wanting to give back to her community, Donna became the Executive Director of the People's Health Clinic, a non-profit based in Park City. In this capacity she led strategic business model transition and financial turnaround to ensure financial stability for this organization's commitment to providing quality medical and healthcare for the uninsured. Donna is on the advisory council of the Women's Business Institute at Salt Lake Community College. Currently, she is a PSIA and ACE Level 2 ski instructor at Deer Valley Ski Resort in Park City, Utah, and serves on the board of directors of the Professional Ski Instructors of America - Intermountain Division.

Donna is actively involved in the West Point community. She serves as Class President and is an Admissions Field Representative. She was elected to the West Point Association of Graduates Board of Directors, West Point Women's Network, and served as an advisor to West-Point.org. Donna is the only graduate who has served on all three alumni organization boards. She is also involved in several organizations including Journeys Within Our Communities, a non profit she helped initiate to assist a school and orphanage in Siem Reap, Cambodia. She is an avid outdoor enthusiast with a particular passion for skiing, snowshoeing, mountain biking, hiking, golfing and traveling. Donna is married to Ted McAleer, a West Point classmate. They have one daughter, Carlyn Ann, and one dog, Col. (ret) Thayer. The McAleer family lives in the mountains of Park City, Utah.

The Military Writers Society of American awarded Porcelain on Steel: Women of West Point's Long Gray Line a 2010 Gold Medal for Non-Fiction/Military.