| Donna Hrinak | |
| Birth Name: | Donna Jean Hrinak |
| Children: | 1 |
| Birth Date: | March 28, 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Office: | United States Ambassador to Brazil |
| Term Start: | April 23, 2002 |
| Term End: | June 26, 2004 |
| Predecessor: | Cristobal R. Orozco |
| Successor: | John J. Danilovich |
| President: | George W. Bush |
| Office1: | United States Ambassador to Venezuela |
| President1: | Bill Clinton |
| Term Start1: | August 25, 2000 |
| Term End1: | January 23, 2002 |
| Predecessor1: | John Francis Maisto |
| Successor1: | Charles S. Shapiro |
| Office2: | United States Ambassador to Bolivia |
| President2: | Bill Clinton |
| Term Start2: | January 14, 1998 |
| Term End2: | July 17, 2000 |
| Predecessor2: | Curtis Warren Kamman |
| Successor2: | Manuel Rocha |
| Office3: | United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic |
| Term Start3: | July 22, 1994 |
| Term End3: | December 8, 1997 |
| Predecessor3: | Robert S. Pastorino |
| Successor3: | Charles Manatt |
| President3: | Bill Clinton |
| Education: | Michigan State University (BA) University of Notre Dame (JD) |
Donna Jean Hrinak (born March 28, 1951) is an American lawyer and former diplomat who has been the president of Boeing Latin America & Caribbean since September 2011.[1]
Hrinak was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania on March 28, 1951.[2] She speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish, which served her through her international diplomatic and business postings. Hrinak earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School.[3]
In 1994, Hrinak served as the United States Department of State's coordinator for policy at the First Summit of the Americas.
Later, in 1994, Hrinak was nominated by Bill Clinton to be the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. In 1997, she was appointed ambassador to Bolivia. From 2000 to 2002, she was ambassador to Venezuela.
Hrinak served as Ambassador to Brazil from 2002 to 2004 under the presidency of George W. Bush.
In 2004, Hrinak became a senior counselor for international trade and government affairs at Steel Hector & Davis, an international law firm in Miami, Florida.[4]
Hrinak became a corporate affairs director for the Latin American and European Union sectors of Kraft Foods. In 2008, Hrinak joined PepsiCo as global public policy and government affairs vice president.
In 2011, Hrinak was appointed as president of Boeing Brazil. In 2019, Hrinak became the president of Boeing Latin America and Canada.[5] [6]
The Miami chapter of the Organization of Women in International Trade named Hrinak the 2005 International Businesswoman of the Year. Her other honors include the U.S. State Department's Career Achievement Award and the U.S. Coast Guard's Distinguished Public Service Award. Hrinak is currently a member of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations and the board of counselors of McLarty Associates. She is also a member of Washington D.C. based think tank the Inter-American Dialogue.[7]
Hrinak has a son, Wyatt.[4]