Donna Farizan

TODAY Contributor

NBC News

Donna Farizan is a contributor for NBC’s TODAY Show. In her current role, Farizan is responsible for on-air segments including profile interviews, human interest stories, live surprises, red carpets, sponsored adventures, and providing a wide array of content in the field for the fourth hour of The TODAY Show. She has also filled in as co-host for both Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager when they have been away.Prior to that, she was social contributor of the fourth hour of TODAY, a position she created in November 2017, in which she both produced and reported on-camera for the show’s segments and hosted behind-the-scenes interviews for TODAY.com, their social media platforms and TODAY’s YouTube page. She has interviewed numerous notable names and celebrities including Kevin Hart, Trisha Yearwood, P!nk and more. She graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a minor in Spanish and currently resides in New York City.