LA DONNA FINNELS-NEAL is a Solutions Expert, Entrepreneur, Trainer and Coach with a goal to continuously seek ways to help others succeed and to live their lives to the fullest. Her motto is “Love your life…if you don’t love it…change it! Make it happy!”, and she strives to live it daily!

La Donna creates opportunities for career, personal and business development using innovative processes, connections, training, and events through her company La Donna Finnels Enterprises. She has over 25 years experience in business and in the oil, gas and energy industries primarily in Fortune 10 corporations.

In 2013 she founded Oil & Gas Admins International, a professional organization for administrative and support professionals in the energy industry.

The organization was rebranded to Energy Industry Support International in 2021 to encompass all aspects of the energy industry from fossil fuels to renewables. The organization’s primary mission is to create energy industry education and global networking opportunities for all energy support professionals through training, conferences, certifications, and industry field trips.

She authored the book Parachute Building 101 – a quick and easily digestible guide to help individuals have the faith to stop standing on the cliff of life and to JUMP and start living their dreams!

She is also a Zumba instructor and dance enthusiast, and enjoys developing new projects and showering love onto her two handsome and brilliant sons.