Announcing Donna Okubo’s Arrival to the STM Team

We are pleased to announce that Donna Okubo has joined the STM team serving in a newly-established role of STM Community Engagement Manager. Donna will be working closely with a diverse range of stakeholder groups across the STM universe, including STM members, funders, allied organizations, and partners. Her charge is to enhance our community by listening, learning, and discovering new ways to collaborate and advance trusted research together.

Donna brings with her over 20 years of experience in science and data publishing. Her expertise spans community and member engagement, membership program development, strategic partnerships, and fundraising. Before joining STM, Donna was instrumental at Dryad, a research data publisher, where she laid the groundwork for their institutional membership program and collaborated with funders and researchers on their strategic initiatives.

Her career also includes over 14 years at the Public Library of Science (PLOS), where she served in various roles from Institutional Relations Manager to Senior Strategic Partnership Manager working closely with institutional members, funders, and policymakers.

Donna's background in non-profit fundraising and her consulting work with hospitals, museums, and women's and civil rights organizations further informs her multifaceted approach to community building and strategic development.

“I am delighted to have Donna join the STM team in this role,” said STM CEO Caroline Sutton. “We are looking to deepen our engagement with members and the wider community. With her combination of knowledge and experience Donna is uniquely positioned to help us realize our aims in this area.”