In January 2007, Donna founded Jane Doe No More, Inc., a national non-profit organization dedicated to creating awareness, breaking stigmas and developing training tools associated with sexual assault crimes. Her incredible journey from victim-to-warrior-to-survivor and the Jane Doe No More initiative were featured in a two-hour show on Dateline NBC which originally broadcast in April 2007. Donna was an active advocate and instrumental in the passing of a CT bill removing the statute of limitations on sexual assault crimes involving DNA evidence that was signed into law in July 2007. In 2010, Jane Doe No More teamed up with Mom & Pop Films and Quinnipiac University to produce ‘Duty Trumps Doubt’, a supplemental training video for law enforcement responding to a sexual assault crime.

In June 2011, Donna was honored with the Stephen Sasala Health Advocate Award by the Waterbury Regional Chamber. On Law Day, May 1, 2009, Donna was honored with the Liberty Bell Award by the Waterbury Bar Association. Donna also received a Community Service Award in May 2009 from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Waterbury in Connecticut. And in 2007, Donna was selected as the Connecticut Working Woman of the Year by the CT Department of Labor, Westfarms Mall and L'Oreal Paris.

In 2005, the Business Women's Forum - the longest running annual scholarship conference in New England - named Donna "Woman of the Year," a prestigious honor given to exemplary women who have had a significant impact in the business community, and who have demonstrated superior leadership and community responsibility.

Donna is a marketing executive and was a managing member of a marketing agency from 1987 to 2009. Donna serves on the board of the Business Women's Forum and reSET Social Enterprise Trust. She has previously served on the board of directors of Special Olympics Connecticut and other boards in the greater Waterbury area including the United Way, the Non-Profit Assistance Initiative, and Safe Haven, a shelter and direct service agency for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Donna holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design from Southern Connecticut State University.