Donna Sweeting, M.A.

Donna K. Sweeting has dedicated her career to serving the needs of her community through various roles in education, social work, and faith leadership.

Prior to her work with Faith-filled Families, Donna served as Parish Administrator at the historic St. James Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD, where she played a critical role in facilitating the church’s understanding of the importance of welcoming children into the parish.

 

Donna worked as the director of several Christian preschool programs as well as Director of Youth Ministry for Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church, Orlando, FL. She currently serves as Director of Children Ministry, is a member of the Steward Board, and acts as Executive Assistant to the Pastor at her church, Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore. She played a key role on the design committee for the creation of the Big Way of Love for Kids, a formation resource for children and their beloved communities created by the Episcopal Church. Donna currently serves on the Equity Audit Committee for the Godly Play Foundation.

Donna has held leadership positions at several non-profit organizations, including as Director of Programs for MOMS (Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters), she organized and managed programs for family survivors of homicide victims in Baltimore and surrounding counties.

Donna currently serves as Vice President of Programs for Tonier Cain International, Inc. There she is responsible for the development of programs for the trauma survivors served through this non-profit.

 

Other positions include:

Working as a volunteer mediator at Community Mediation of Maryland, where Donna guided parties through an informed process to identify issues and generate their own resolutions.

 

Serving as CEO of DS Connections, Inc., where she directed a team of case managers involved with assisting persons in the community diagnosed with mental illness.