Debbie has over 30 years of experience working with organizations to develop greater leadership competence and team effectiveness and building organizational cultures capable of thriving in fast-paced, complex, and competitive environments. She has deep expertise in designing effective Change Management methodologies and tactics for large-scale implementations. She is a Certified Change Management Professional, a certified Prosci Change Management Practitioner as well as an ICF certified executive coach. 

Debbie has spent many years coaching leaders with a focus on helping them develop their own leadership abilities and fostering growth within their teams. Her approach centers on cultivating self-awareness, emotional intelligence and effective communication, enabling leaders to inspire and guide their teams towards achieving their collective goals. By empowering leaders to unlock their full potential, Debbie supports the creation of high performing, collaborative and resilient teams.   

In her 20 years at Kaiser Permanente, Debbie previously served as Strategy and Program Lead. During her tenure there she successfully designed and delivered multiple full-scale, enterprise-wide Change Management, Leadership Development and Organization Design programs. More recently, Debbie has consulted with several consulting groups, and with a Federal agency (DOD), to design and implement Change Management for a large-scale digital transformation initiative. She has deep expertise in designing effective Change Management methodologies and tactics for large-scale implementations. Debbie currently works at MedStar Health where she supports leaders and teams who are transforming the way they work, acts as an internal leader coach and designs and delivers targeted leader development programs to build greater leader capability across the enterprise.  

Debbie has a Ph.D. in Organization Leadership from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, in addition to her M.A. in Human Resources Development from Marymount University, an M.Ed. in Counseling from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Maryland College Park. Debbie speaks on a wide variety of topics including leading change in fast paced environments, enhancing employee engagement, communicating effectively and reducing conflict, influencing others and working effectively across generations.  

Debbie lives with her precocious cockapoo Bella and enjoys spending time hiking and volunteering as an interpretive guide for the National Park Service.