Donna Slade is an entrepreneur who started her own company, Heidiís Home Design, LLC, in 2005 and established two distinct brands. ZOOCCHINI, a high-end childrenís gift brand was sold in over 2,000 U.S. retailers and internationally in over 20 countries. Crutch Critters, Donnaís second brand, remains in distribution with a LA-based company. Donna is a licensed artist with the Sundance Agency and has just completed her first childrenís book. Her nonprofit board affiliations include Learning Through Art, (the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museumís Childrenís Education Program), The Roundabout Theatre Company, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, and the Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter.

Donna received a Master of Fine Arts in Communications Design from the Pratt Institute in New York.