Donna Hartley
CVP

Donna Hartley

SAG/AFTRA; NSA

CA, US

Ignite your inner firepower! An amazing life story with a plane crash, heart surgery, and cancer survivor. Inspire innovation and raise your energetic vibration. Become the leader you are meant to be.

certified virtual presenter


An international inspirational speaker and trainer for over three decades. Donna Hartley is a former Miss Hawaii and television actress, who worked with Robin Williams and Dick Van Dyke. Donna has shared her compelling story on NBC, ABC, PBS, and The New York Times. A renowned expert on inner leadership, and surviving life altering events. Her story is captivating, entertaining, dramatic. Cry, laugh, and learn from her powerful message.


Have you said you wanted a speaker/trainer who would…

  • Empower your members… but are looking for the right fit…
  • Foster your members passions and purpose… but are looking for the right fit…
  • Help your members master their inner leadership… but are looking for the right fit…


Speaker Donna Hartley is the right fit. Share the story of a six-time survivor!


Don’t miss out on this opportunity to help your members.

  • Understand  the importance of balancing your life in eight  critical areas.
  • Heighten your intuition by developing inner leadership and clear communication.
  • Understand how to raise your energetic vibration for more vitality, depth, knowledge, personal and professional success, and inner wisdom.


Donna is a member of the National Speakers Association, Screen Actors Guild, Nonfiction Writers Association, and owner of Hartley International. In addition, she is the author of Fire Up Your Life!, Fire Up Your Intuition!, Fire Up Your Healing! and the Healing Meditation Downloads. She has published six stories in the Chocolate for a Women's Soul series and two in the Chicken Soup series.


  • Age 6 - hospitalized for malnutrition.
  • Age 16 - hospitalized for her first heart procedure. 
  • March 1, 1978 -  Donna survived a fiery DC-10 plane crash that transformed her life in seconds, and testified to change airline safety regulations in the United States.
  • March 1, 2002 - She was diagnosed with Stage III Melanoma as a single mother. Cancer free and an advocate for women's health.
  • March 1, 2006 - Donna triumphed over emergency open heart surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve. Now an advocate for women's heart health.
  • March 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic.  She had to have heart surgery to replace her aortic valve again! Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement surgery survivor. Spokesperson for the procedure in 2021.
Donna 's Virtual Presenter Certificate


An international inspirational speaker and trainer for over three decades. Donna Hartley is a former Miss Hawaii and television actress, who worked with Robin Williams and Dick Van Dyke. Donna has shared her compelling story on NBC, ABC, PBS, and The New York Times. A renowned expert on inner leadership, and surviving life altering events. Her story is captivating, entertaining, dramatic. Cry, laugh, and learn from her powerful message.


Have you said you wanted a speaker/trainer who would…

  • Empower your members… but are looking for the right fit…
  • Foster your members passions and purpose… but are looking for the right fit…
  • Help your members master their inner leadership… but are looking for the right fit…


Speaker Donna Hartley is the right fit. Share the story of a six-time survivor!


Don’t miss out on this opportunity to help your members.

  • Understand  the importance of balancing your life in eight  critical areas.
  • Heighten your intuition by developing inner leadership and clear communication.
  • Understand how to raise your energetic vibration for more vitality, depth, knowledge, personal and professional success, and inner wisdom.


Donna is a member of the National Speakers Association, Screen Actors Guild, Nonfiction Writers Association, and owner of Hartley International. In addition, she is the author of Fire Up Your Life!, Fire Up Your Intuition!, Fire Up Your Healing! and the Healing Meditation Downloads. She has published six stories in the Chocolate for a Women's Soul series and two in the Chicken Soup series.


  • Age 6 - hospitalized for malnutrition.
  • Age 16 - hospitalized for her first heart procedure. 
  • March 1, 1978 -  Donna survived a fiery DC-10 plane crash that transformed her life in seconds, and testified to change airline safety regulations in the United States.
  • March 1, 2002 - She was diagnosed with Stage III Melanoma as a single mother. Cancer free and an advocate for women's health.
  • March 1, 2006 - Donna triumphed over emergency open heart surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve. Now an advocate for women's heart health.
  • March 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic.  She had to have heart surgery to replace her aortic valve again! Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement surgery survivor. Spokesperson for the procedure in 2021.
Donna 's Virtual Presenter Certificate

Fire Up Your Life! The Power of Inner Leadership (Most Requested)

Have you ever wondered about your life purpose?

Donna shares insights gained from her life experiences, offering nine strategies to overcome daunting challenges, get you unstuck, and move to fulfillment and transformation. Acquire the skills you need to take your inner leadership to the next level. You will be empowered to shift your attitude with this inspirational and uplifting presentation. As a master storyteller, Donna relates the lessons learned from three...

InspirationalEntertainment-basedEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Fire Up Your Speaking! Virtual and In-Person Presentation Skills

Do you want to be an exceptional presenter, influence lives, and advance your career?

There is no greater skill than knowing what to say and how to say it. Make a difference when you speak using presentation, projection, and persuasion techniques. This session covers both virtual  and in person presentation strategies. Learn to develop a results-oriented presentation with body language, voice, and impact words. Heighten your techniques with a powerful opening...

Entertainment-basedEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / FunnyCommunication

Fire Up Your Heart! A Journey to Transformation

Become heart healthy and active in your life.

Plane crash. Stage III Melanoma. Open heart surgery. Heart surgery again, but this time during a pandemic. Her story is spellbinding! Understand what it takes to be a survivor. These life-threatening events manifested in a new life approach combining body, mind, and spirit.  Donna shares a health regiment, blending a holistic approach with traditional medicine.  She's done her research, and, with the best...

HealthcareEntertainment-basedEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Fire Up Your Healing! From Cancer to Fearless

Move forward, be present, be fearless.

When you hear the word "cancer", everything stops. Donna was a surfer in Hawaii she was on the water for hours at Diamond Head. Her stage III Melanoma manifested on her left thigh years later. As a single mom of an adopted daughter, she focused on a new life approach; combining body, mind and spirit. Donna blended a holistic approach with traditional medicine, creating a health regiment that helped her mind and body heal. Donna was...

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Unique Patient Care and Essential Self-Care

Before you take care of your patients, you have to take care of yourself.

Donna has a unique outlook when it comes to what patients and medical staff need. After surviving a DC-10 plane crash, enduring stage III Melanoma, thriving after open heart surgery, and going through TAVR (another heart surgery) during the COVID-19 pandemic, Donna has a powerful understanding of both patient and staff needs. This presentation ignites the passion of healthcare professionals. It...

InspirationalMotivationAttitudeHealthcareWomen's HealthHealthcare/MedicalEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingAssociationsCommunication

Healing Meditations: Mindfulness and Relaxation

You've probably heard you should meditate daily, but your internal response is, "Who, me? I can't sit still that long!"

Meditation is a refreshing way to manage stress and create restful sleep. With this presentation, you'll learn the crucial skill of trusting your intuition. Donna teaches the history and benefits of meditation along with a variety of effective techniques. Relax your body, travel in your mind to heal, rejuvenate your body and soul to feel alive. Meditation...

HealthcareEntertainment-basedAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

Powerful Messages from Heaven

If you had the chance to visit heaven and return, what would you want to know?

On March first of three different years, Donna had three near-death experiences, crossed over, and came back: a plane crash, stage III Melanoma, and open heart surgery. During each of these events, Donna was granted insights from Heaven from her mentor, family, friends, and enlightened beings. She learned important lessons about why human beings are on Earth. Every soul has a...

InspirationalEntertainment-basedEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Virtual Presentations

Donna can present all programs virtually. With a television background and as a current member of the Screen Actors Guild, her presentations are top notch, high quality, and are presented with state of the art equipment.


She has the capacity to use Zoom conferencing and create videos for your members.


Stay safe, stay healthy.

Inspirational / Life-changing
Donna 's Virtual Presenter Certificate