Donna Jolly splits her residency between Kansas City, MO and Chicago, IL. She is a Founding Partner and Manager of Business Operations for Jolly Design Company LLC (www.jollydesigncompany.com), a firm specializing in branding and marketing consultation, and a Sr. Consultant for West Monroe Partners, a nationally recognized management and IT consulting firm headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Donna has over 13 years of experience in the healthcare payer industry and is a seasoned consultant, sought after for her knowledge of best practices for systems implementation and integration. Prior to joining West Monroe Partners, Donna was a Product Consultant with The Trizetto Group, Inc., a company offering a broad portfolio of healthcare IT products and services and also spent a considerable amount of time with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City as a Sr. Business Systems Analyst and served as their Diversity Council Chairperson. 

Donna considers herself a lifelong "Roo" as she has completed her Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) from the University of Missouri Kansas City with an emphasis in Social Science and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Missouri Bloch Business School in Executive Management and Entrepreneurship.  She has also received her Professional, Academy for Healthcare Management (PAHM) certification from the American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and is certified in Microsoft’s Amalga and TriZetto’s Facets systems. 

Donna enjoys participating in community minded organizations and maintains being an active part of the Kansas City community, by volunteering her time and talents through various organizations and activities like NBMBAA-KC and 89.3 KCUR Public Radio.  Donna has been recognized for her academic abilities and civic endeavors through receipt of scholarship awards and affiliations with many honor societies; for example, Donna is a member of the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) and has been listed in Cambridge Who’s Who for Executive and Professionals. In October of 2007, Donna received the prestigious recognition of Top 30 Under 30 Young Minority from the K.A.O.S. Groupe. 

In her spare time, Donna enjoys traveling, dancing salsa-mambo and Argentine tango, and spending quality time with her family and friends.

She currently serves as the Chapter's Vice President of Marketing.