Donolo was in charge of communications for the Liberals’ successful 1993 election campaign, a role he repeated in their re-election in 1997.
[2] From 2002 to 2009, Donolo was executive vice president and partner at The Strategic Counsel, a Toronto-based public opinion research and communications consulting firm.
From 2009 to 2011, Donolo was chief of staff to former Liberal Party of Canada leader Michael Ignatieff.
[3] From 2012 to 2013, Donolo served as senior vice president, public affairs of the 2015 Pan American Games, held in Toronto.
He is a past director of Pathways to Education Canada, G(irls) 20, CIVIX, the Canadian Journalism Foundation, the Toronto Board of Trade and the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario.