OVER $2+ BILLION SOLD | 93% REFERRAL-Based Business
CREATING MARKETS · EARNING TRUST · DELIVERING RESULTS
Profile
Donna Medrea is a distinguished Luxury Real Estate Advisor specializing in ultra-high-end oceanfront estates across La Jolla and Coastal Southern California. With over 30+ years of experience, she is regarded as a trusted advisor and market strategist to high-net-worth and Ultra-High-Net-Worth clientele, including Celebrities and Professional Athletes seeking exceptional coastal and legacy properties.
Expertise
- OCEANFRONT and Luxury Estates
- New construction, LAND, and legacy compounds
- Off-market and confidential transactions
- Strategic pricing and market positioning
- Ultra-discreet client advisory
Market Position
Donna is known for creating markets rather than following them, positioning properties to establish new pricing benchmarks in La Jolla and the Coastal ultra-luxury segment. Her strategy combines data-driven valuation, buyer psychology, with Local and Global exposure through Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty & Sotheby’s International Realty.
Signature Approach
- Precision positioning to elevate asset value
- Controlled exposure to qualified global buyers
- Benchmark pricing strategies
- Advisory-first, long-term wealth perspective
Philosophy
Luxury real estate is not about selling a property…..it is about creating a market.
It requires commanding attention, controlling narrative, and aligning a one-of-one
asset with the right buyer through timing, strategy, and precision
The outcome is not exposure…..it is maximum value
Harvard Graduate of Harvard Business School & Harvard Law School Executive Education Programs.
Donna is currently married to Dr. Todd Lempert, and we enjoy three grown children. Dr. Lempert held positions as Chairman of the Radiology Department, Chief of Neurointerventional Surgery, Chief of Interventional Radiology, past President of Coast Radiology and Imaging Center. Prior to founding the Stroke program at Mission Hospital and Scripps Hospital in San Diego.
I am passionate about children and animals and am a proud supporter of the Mission Hospital Foundation, Prudential’s Charitable Foundation, the Sunshine Kids, Ronald McDonald Charitable Foundation & The Scripps Foundation. In my spare time I enjoy cooking, entertaining friends, running, biking, hiking and golfing.
The difference is in the details. I am passionate, committed and results driven.
Life moves…Just move
“Donna shepherded our work together from MLS listing to closing in one month. A superb partner in this work, she did everything from property prep through negotiations that led to a most satisfactory sales price above asking. Donna, thank you and your staff for such excellent representation!” – Jack Yunker, La Jolla
“Donna & her staff are 2nd to none in marketing & follow-up.” – Roy & Dora French, Caminito Vistana