Donna Talarico is an independent creative professional and the founder/publisher of Hippocampus Magazine. Before going solo, from 2010 to 2015, she was the director of integrated communications at Elizabethtown College. Donna, a resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, speaks regularly at higher education, technology and publishing conferences and events, and she has been published in a variety of print and online newspapers, magazines and industry/affinity publications, including CASE Currents, Guardian Higher Education Network and Wiley's Recruiting and Retaining Adult Learners. Prior to higher education, Donna worked in eCommerce and radio. She has an MFA in creative writing from Wilkes University and an MBA from Elizabethtown College.