Prof. Dr. Donna M. McDonald-McGinn is the Director of the 22q and You Center, the Chief of the Section of Genetic Counseling, the Associate Director of the Clinical Genetics Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her BA studies in Biology/Sociology at Rosemont College (1981) and her MS studies in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence College (1985). She has spent much of her professional career striving to support education, multidisciplinary care, and collaborative outcomes research involving the relationship of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome with associated birth defects, medical problems, cognitive deficits, and behavioral health. Within this area, she has published more than 300 manuscripts, chapters, and reviews and led global cooperative initiatives including establishing chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome specific pediatric and adult clinical practice guidelines.