Donna Satchell is an Achievement  Speaker, Success Skills Trainer, Certified Vision Board Counselor, Life Coach, and Author.  Through her business, STARR Consulting & Training, she is trains, inspires, and empowers individuals and business teams to achieve greater success.  Donna's trademark, Just Get Serious™, is her business and life philosophy.  She is serious about developing, designing and delivering programs and speeches that are engaging, interactive, and get results.  Donna is equally serious about developing herself into the best possible person she can be. 

Donna provides keynote speeches and training program for a variety of clients, including corporate offices, governmental entities, schools,  and associations. A partial list of her corporate and governmental clients include:  The City of Atlanta, The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T, Hewlett Packard (HP), The Department of Labor, U.S. Small Business Administration, and Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

For several women's organizations, Donna is one of their favorite speakers because she understands the challenges many women face having encountered them herself.  She has worked with the following woman-majority organizations and events:  International Association of Administrative Professionals, American Business Women’s Association, Dress for Success, Clemson University’s Conference for Women, SCORE Conference For Women and Coca Cola’s Women Leadership Conference.

Passionate about helping people be more successful, Donna and business colleague, Lynda Shorter, co-founded Women Aspiring Together To Succeed (WATTS) in 2000. Since that time, they have organized and facilitated more than 100 meetings and special events for the members and guests.

Under their leadership, WATTS empowers women to live their best lives through book discussions, programs by guest speakers, and special activities. Everything is done on a voluntary basis by those involved. Donna and Lynda have a passion for what they do, therefore are no membership dues or operating budget.

Forty to fifty women attend regular meetings of WATTS. The annual themed gatherings have drawn over 90 members and guests. In 2012 The Georgia Summit of African American Business Organizations presented Donna and Lynda with their Pact Award, recognizing their vision and commitment to  positively impact the lives of women for over 12 years.

Also passionate about people furthering their education, Donna is on the Advisory Committee for Georgia Piedmont Technical College and participates in their planning sessions.  A life-long learner, Donna is always attending seminars, taking online classes, and reading.

Donna is the previous winner of “The Best Motivational Speaker in Five Minutes or Less” and “The Two Minute Adversity Challenge Speech", sponsored by The Twinkie Awards, which honors small business creativity and excellence. 

She is also the winner of various Toastmasters contests, including the Division Level International Speech Contest.

To develop her skill set and stay abreast of changes within her industry, Donna has been a member of both the American Society for Training & Development and the National Speakers Association (NSA).  She is the past recipient of the NSA Georgia Chapter's Spirit for her outstanding commitment and contribution.  In previous years, she served as the chapter's Director of Volunteers and the Vice President of Marketing. 

Prior to starting her business, Donna worked at Clairol for over 15 years.  Because of her decision to "just get serious"
about continuing her education and excelling at her work, she achieved remarkable accomplishments including: 
1) Graduating from college with top honors while working full-time as an administrative assistant;  2)  Being the first administrative assistant promoted into a management-level marketing position at Clairol;  3) Receiving numerous individual and team awards and being recognized as one of the company’s experts on field-based analysis and category management  .After Donna left Clairol in 2002, she began to pursue her passion of helping businesses develop their employees and helping individuals become more successful.

Although Donna considers herself to be “serious”, she enjoys having fun and doing new things that take her beyond her comfort zone.  Donna  has appeared on the stage of The Punchline Comedy Club, in Atlanta, as part of a humor workshop she participated in. She was also a featured guest on the TV show, Makeover Manor, and received a "head to toe" new look.  Donna is always looking for exciting activities to participate in during her free time.

Some of Donna's free time is devoted to writing.  She publishes an online motivational newsletter and has a blog.  She is the author of Just Get Serious® About Success and the companion volumes (#1 – Know Yourself & Believe in Yourself; #2 – Discover & Pursue Your Passion; #3 – Set Goals and Really Move Forward*; #4 – Make Serious Progress and Create Serious Results*).                                                * Will be available at a later date.

Along with her Just Get Serious series, Donna is also among the co-authors of several other books, including The Power of Motivation, 303 Solutions to Accomplishing More in Less Time, 303 Solutions for Communicating Effectively, and 303 Solutions to Developing the Leader In You.