As former President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Life Insurance Company, Debra utilizes her twenty-plus years of corporate and senior executive experience to assist her clients in navigating changing business landscapes, building high-performing teams, and powerfully leveraging their greatest strengths. Debra’s expertise includes profit and loss accountability at the CEO level and large-scale change leadership, encompassing organization redesign, restructuring and cultural transformation. She is known for her ability to quickly identify and support the resolution of the myriad unexpected problems encountered in every turnaround situation.

Debra’s ability to connect with her clients from the dual perspectives of senior executive and leadership coach supports her client organizations through significant change with outstanding individual and team results. For the last ten years, Debra has utilized her coaching skills to partner with organizations including: AAA Insurance, Apollo Group (University of Phoenix), Blue Shield of California, Deloitte Consulting, Goodwill Industries, John Muir Health, Medley Health, Moore Foundation, Practice Fusion, Recurrent Energy, The Teaching Channel, The Unity Council, Visa Inc., and Walmart eCommerce.

Debra’s coach training is with the Coaches Training Institute. She is certified by the Center for Creative Leadership and holds a degree in Marketing and Communications from St. Cloud State University.

Debra and her family are long-time San Francisco residents and can be found year-round at many baseball fields—from her son’s travel team to the SF Giants. In addition to cheering for her favorite teams, she cherishes time at Northern California beaches, hanging out with friends or a good book.