Ms. Donna Fujimoto Cole founded Cole Chemical & Distributing, Inc., in 1980 after working the in chemical industry for 4 years at the request of her customers.  She is the daughter of George K. Fujimoto a 442nd Service Company veteran of WWII and Mary Masunaga Fujimoto.

Ms. Cole has started, sold, invested and divested many types of businesses; from civil construction, to drilling loss circulation materials, chemical manufacturing, real estate, promotional advertising, distribution, warehousing, blending and packaging, to provide financing alternatives, back-office support and IT integration with supply chain management services.

 In 2022, Ms. Cole sold a 40 percent interest in Cole Chemical to Berryman Smith, LLC., to provide additional products and toll manufacturing services with 500+ tank cars and 7 terminals with warehouses nationally.  

Donna Cole has been on many boards: Japan America Society U.S.-Japan Council, Center for Asian Pacific American Women, Houston Forensic Science, Houston Minority Business Council, Women Business Enterprise Alliance, several Advisory boards The Women’s Home, National Veterans Network and a trustee for Amos Tuck School of Business, The Rockwell Fund, National Veterans Network and the City of Houston’s Asian Advisory Board, and .  She served on President George H Bush’s export council.  

Autumn 2021 Ms. Cole received the Japanese Imperial Decoration of the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays for her contribution to promote regional exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.

She has participated in the following leadership programs:  APAWLI , Jewish American Committee Asian Delegation to Israel, U.S.-Japan Council’s Japanese American Leadership delegation to Japan, and The American Leadership Forum.

Her philanthropy includes business, mentoring, education, health care, stem, and anti-hate.

Donna’s latest interest is telling stories about strong women and supportive men to inspire and motive millions of women to take care of themselves, their families and improve their communities through Film, Plays and Musicals.

Ms. Cole attended University of Texas - Pan American and graduated from Manpower Business Training Institute in Computer Operations and Programming in1972.

She is a golfer, loves to grow herbs, a great home cook and shares with friends and travels.