Donna Dubinsky

Donna Dubinsky
Born1955 (age 70–71)
Alma materYale University
Harvard Business School
OccupationBusinessperson
Known forCEO of Palm, co-founder of Handspring and Numenta
SpouseLen Shustek

Donna Dubinsky is an American businesswoman who played a role in the development of personal digital assistants (PDAs), as CEO of Palm, Inc. and co-founding Handspring with Jeff Hawkins in 1995. Dubinsky co-founded Numenta in 2005 with Hawkins and Dileep George, based in Redwood City, CA. Numenta was founded to develop machine intelligence based on the principles of the neocortex. Dubinsky was the board chair of Numenta from 2005 to 2024. Dubinsky is on the board of Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) and was on the board of Yale University from 2006 to 2018, including two years as senior trustee.

Fortune nominated her, together with Hawkins, to the Innovators Hall of Fame, while Time named the pair as part of its Digital 50 in 1999, for their contribution to the development of the PDA.

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