Career
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she joined MuchMusic in 1985 as a host and producer of The NewMusic. In 1992, she became the director of music programming, and was named vice-president and general manager in 1997 where she was responsible for programming direction and successfully launched MuchMoreMusic in 1998. From 2000 to 2004, she was the president of Sony Music Canada where she led the company and a team of over 300 employees.
On September 17, 2008, Donlon was named executive director of Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio"s English-language services.
She left the Canadian Broadcasting Company in August 2011 and was succeeded by her 2nd in command, Chris Boyce. From September 2013 to April 2014, Donlon hosted the television program TheZoomer which she co-hosted with Conrad Black.
The program continues to air on Vision television Network. She holds two honorary doctorates from the University of Calgary and the University of Waterloo.
Donlon has produced various charitable events including the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative (2008), President Clinton"s 60th birthday party (2007 with Frank Giustra and Sam Feldman) which raised over $21 million in one evening for the Clinton Global Initiative, documentaries for War Child Canada in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone, and the Thai Burmese Border, Live 8 (Company-producer, Toronto 2006), Rock the Walk (Canada"s Walk of Fame 2005/2006) and was involved with the Tsunami Concert of Hope event among others