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For over 35 years, Debra has been a healthcare executive, consultant, serial entrepreneur, life transitions coach, international best-selling author, Collaborative Dreaming(c) facilitator, and transformational coach lead faculty.

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Debra's extensive entrepreneurial and healthcare experience includes being the owner of a healthcare management consulting practice. Debra has also been co-owner and CEO of Your Empowerment System, a holistic wellness program; and founder and President of Women in Healthcare Professional Association, an educational and mentoring organization.

 

Debra's healthcare experience includes many years leading and managing clinics and hospitals, both on the West and East Coasts for Kaiser Permanente, as well as holding executive positions with Travelers Health Network and First Health.

 

Debra earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Corporate Healthcare from UC Berkeley.  Debra also graduated from Stanford's International Business Executive Program and is an Alumna of the Leadership Pittsburgh Program.

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Debra is committed to serving both her local and global communities.  In Spring 2017, she traveled to Eastern China on a five-week teaching and speaking tour, representing the World Academy for the Future of Women (WAFW) and Give Voice to Women through the Arts.  Debra recently served on the WAFW United Nations Task Force and facilitated a United Nations global discussion on achieving gender equity.