Donna Palomba is a business owner and marketing consultant. Donna was co-founder of The Worx Group LLC, a marketing communications agency, and served as a managing member through 2009. In 2010, Donna started her own marketing consulting company. She is a member of the CT Community Foundation, the Waterbury (CT) Regional Chamber, the Business Women's Forum and the CT Social Enterprise Network.

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.

In balance with her commitment to business, Donna gives generously of her time to issues that affect the community at large. She has served on the board of directors of Special Olympics Connecticut and has previously served on other Connecticut 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.

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. The organization’s board is comprised of experts in the legal, medical, law enforcement, victims' services and non-profit professions. Donna's story and the Jane Doe No More initiative were featured in a two-hour show on Dateline NBC which originally broadcast in April 2007 and continues to be aired. She 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.

Donna was selected as the 2007 Connecticut Working Woman of the Year by the CT Department of Labor, Westfarms Mall and L'Oreal Paris. 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 by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Waterbury in Connecticut.

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