Dona Spring has lived in Berkeley 29 years. She graduated from UC Berkeley
with honors with a B.A. in Anthropology and Psychology.
Be fore being elected to the City Council in 1993, Dona worked in the area of
nonprofit services to seniors, disabled, healthcare and on environmental and
animal protection issues.
She was elected to the County Democratic Central Committee '86-'88 and to the Green Party County Council '90-'92. In 1994, Council member Spring served as the Vice Mayor of Berkeley. Dona currently serves as the City of Berkeley’s representative on the Alameda County Solid Waste Authority where she serves as Vice President and is the County's representative on the hazardous waste committee of All Bay Area Government (ABAG).
In the years of 1997 through 2001, Dona served on the Alameda County Recycling Board and was president of it in 2001. Dona has served on the Berkeley City Council for almost ten years.