Representative Donna White Contact information

Donna McDowell White is a dedicated and experienced public servant who has been serving the people of North Carolina for many years. Born on November 29, 1948, she is a lifelong resident of Johnston County. She is a member of the Republican Party and represents the 26th District in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

White was first elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in November 2016 and has since been re-elected for multiple terms. Her current term began on January 1, 2017, and is set to end on January 1, 2025. She is the first woman from Johnston County to be elected to this role.

Before her tenure in the House of Representatives, White served 12 years on the Johnston County Board of Education, 15 years on the Clayton Planning Board, 13 years on the Clayton Board of Adjustment, and was a member of the Johnston County Transit Advisory Board. She continues to be very active in civic associations and is a member of the Clayton Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, immediate past board member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce as well as a member of the Smithfield Chamber.

In her role as a representative, White has been very active on the Health front. She currently serves as Co-Chair on the Health Committee and Co-Chair of the Appropriations for Health and Human Services Committee. Additionally, she is a Vice-Chair on Appropriations and a member of Education K-12, Environment, and Family Children and Aging Policy Committees. Bi-Cameral appointments include serving on the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee for Health and Human Services and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee-Subcommittee on Aging.

White’s professional career includes being a registered nurse and she has worked as a public health nurse in communicable disease, school health, pediatrics, and home health. She was the statewide Nurse Consultant for HIV/AIDS, Migrant Health and served as the Nurse Consultant for a national Case Management Demonstration Project for seven years that became the model of modern case management. Her most recent position, until her retirement in February 2017, was the Home Care Consultant and Elder Rights Nurse for the Division of Aging and Adult Services at NC Department of Health and Human Services.

White is a member of the North Carolina Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association and Past President of the Johnston County Nurse Association. She was named one of the Great 100 Nurses in North Carolina. In 2018, she was named Legislator of the Year by the North Carolina Nurses Association.

She is running for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 26. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.