In addition to being a Financial Advisor with Baltimore-based investment firm Legg Mason, Delegate Donoghue has been active in several organizations.

He is a past president of the Washington County Unit of the American Cancer Society and a member of the Knights of Columbus, (4th degree).

Former memberships include the Maryland Civil War Heritage Commission on which he served from 1992 until 1996, the Task Force to Study Patient and Provider Appeal and Grievance Mechanisms in 1996, and finally the Task Force on Broadband Communications Deployment in Underserved Rural Areas from 2003 until 2006.

For the past four years, Delegate Donoghue has annually voted to support classroom teachers, public schools, police and hospitals in Washington County.

Since 2002, funding to schools across the State has increased 82%, resulting in Maryland being ranked top in the nation for K-12 education.