Donn Rubin

Donn Rubin is the Founding President and CEO of BioSTL, a civic non-profit committed to building for St. Louis a thriving, globally-connected innovation economy. Rubin's leadership at BioSTL has been instrumental in driving economic growth and cultivating an entrepreneurial ecosystem leveraging our region’s world-class strengths in medical and plant biosciences. Initiatives developed under Rubin’s leadership include BioGenerator, the group’s nationally recognized startup arm, and GlobalSTL, which attracts innovation to St. Louis from around the world. BioSTL also leads programs to address our region’s urgent need for a skilled workforce. 

Rubin has played significant roles in advocating for science and innovation-friendly policies at both the state and federal levels. He has served as chairman and president of Missouri Cures for two decades and chairman of the Missouri Technology Corporation —appointed to serve on that board by Republican and Democratic governors for 19 consecutive years.  

Rubin holds degrees from the Wharton School and the University of Michigan Law School. He and his wife Beth have two adult sons, Sam and Harry.