Donna Chambers

Donna Chambers, fine jewelry goldsmith, designer and entrepreneur, has achieved an enviable level of success that began with a gifted past and ambitious goals. Born and raised in Ossining, New York, Donna was recognized at an early age by Vera Linens and later by Oleg Cassini for her talents in artistic design.  Vera hired Donna as a teenager to create textile designs for her multi-million dollar design operation that was located in Ossining.  Vera established a fund and scholarship in honor of her late husband, and Donna became the first recipient of the George Neuman Scholarship.  In the fall of 1968, Donna went to study at Pratt Institute from which she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts.

While always striving to promote design excellence in the world of jewelry, Donna has become an award-winning designer.  She has been a winner of The International Pearl Design Contest, a recipient of the 1992 Women's Jewelry Association's Annual Award for Excellence in Manufacturing, and also received the 1995 Blenheim Award for Design Excellence. True to her entrepreneurial spirit and artistic roots, Donna is also the owner of a successful ethnic gift and book gallery that was established in 1990. The gift gallery is a retail store that occupies and shares the manufacturing facility of Donna Chambers Designs. That Old Black Magic Gift Gallery carries a full range of gifts, collectibles, limited edition prints, greeting cards, books, games and dolls all relating to the "black experience".”