Donya Short

Donya Short currently serves as the Associate General Counsel and Senior Director of Clinical Research Legal at the University of Pennsylvania since September 2018. Prior experience includes roles as a Contract Litigation Associate at Kline & Specter, PC, and a Contract Associate at Duane Morris LLP. Short has also worked as a Discovery Attorney at Williams & Connolly, LLP, and owned a private law practice from 2004 to 2006. Early career experience includes positions at Faust Goetz Schenker & Blee, Morris Duffy Alonso and Faley, and as Litigation Counsel for Travelers Insurance Co. Donya Short holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, a Bachelor’s degree in English from Morgan State University, and has completed nutrition studies at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.