Deborah is a leader with experience designing, launching, and running high-impact learning and development organizations. She has worked with school systems, universities, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations to strengthen their approach to people development, focusing on how to strengthen the way organizations retain, develop and deploy talent. Deborah has worked closely with schools, supporting the launch of 200 new schools in NYC, and serving as an advisor and evaluator of charter schools going through renewal processes. Deborah's three decades of experience inform her work with clients on issues ranging from people development, strategic planning and organizational change, board development, and cultivation of strategic partnerships. She has played a senior-leadership role in start-up initiatives at the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education, the Office of New Schools of the New York City Department of Education, New Leaders, and EL Education. In her roles, Deborah has led design processes, piloted programs, and grown organizations; she is grounded in in the realities of what it takes to bring ideas to fruition, and helps clients anticipate and plan for challenges they may face.

Deborah holds a B.A. in Political Science from Barnard College, an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management, and an M.S. in Educational Administration from Trinity University. Deborah was a Pahara Fellow and a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs. She is also trained in Harvard Business School’s case management facilitation methodology.