Donna Thompson

Background

About Donna Thompson

Donna Thompson is the owner of Woodpecker Press LLC, an independent publishing company dedicated to helping business owners self-publish. WP publishes the Big Bold Business® Book Series, featuring short, easy-to-read chapters of business insight and advice written by business owners for business owners. WP also provides editorial services to ad agencies and other publishers as well as public relations services to authors and entrepreneurs. Donna's passions are publishing and public relations. She loves helping her clients understand publishing and the benefits of adding a “published author” credential to their list of achievements. Her business background together with her long career in publishing allow her to bring her unique combination of insight to every project. Her career spans more than 35 years, including ten years with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, where she was a managing editor in the Technical Publishing Department; eight years with Industry Publications, Inc. as associate editor of two trade magazines, and two years with the American Electroplaters Society as assistant editor of a trade magazine. She also owned drtEnterprises, LLC, for 18 years, a freelance editorial services firm that was merged into Woodpecker Press in 2014. Donna is a member of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners where serves as the communications coordinator on the NJAWBO state board; and the Central Ocean Business Association She served on the NJAWBO MetroEast chapter board from 2005 to 2012 and as a trustee on the Rutgers-Newark Small Business Development Center Advisory Board (2006–2008). She is also on the Board of Trustees of Sempre Avanti, Inc. She is a past member of the Independent Book Publishers Association. Elected to the Cedar Grove Board of Education in Donna served as both vice president and president. She co-founded the Cedar Grove Education Foundation, Inc, in 2003 and served as its president from 2005 to 2008.