Through her leadership coaching at CSL, Deborah is deploying the lessons learned from her design and execution of teacher and administrator evaluation and coaching systems as well as parent and community engagement. As a human resources administrator in her final years with FCPS, she coached principals and assistant principals and led a team charged with redesigning the system’s growth and development models for teacher/administrator evaluation.

Deborah currently serves as an adjunct professor in Education at the University of Virginia. Deborah has led numerous professional workshops and seminars at local, national, and international conferences, institutes, and symposiums. She has published widely on evaluation models and transformational leadership. Earlier in her career, she was a middle and high school principal, successfully implementing the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program and International Baccalaureate Programs.

Deborah has served on numerous boards and is currently an active alumni member of Learning Forward International, where she has served as the President of the Board of Trustees and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Learning Forward Foundation. She is a charter member of the Fairfax Association of Black School Educators, and the co-founder of the DC Metro Chapter of the Black Women Educational Alliance.