Primary Job Title Vice President, Operations Primary Organization 
GuideStar
Location Williamsburg, Virginia, United States Regions East Coast, Southern US Gender Female
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Debra is at the heart of GuideStar's operations. Joining the organization as PR manager in 1999, her exceptional communication, writing, and management skills and her business savvy quickly moved her up the ladder to get her to where she is today—managing GuideStar's DC and Williamsburg facilities, along with all administrative
activities, human resources, sales, internal communications, and business operations at GuideStar. As a result of her long career with GuideStar and her involvement in every facet of the organization, Debra has deep insight into its inner workings and cultural values. Debra has 35 years' experience in the communications and sales management fields, having worked for Gannett, Inc. and a number of catalog companies and public relation firms. Before joining GuideStar, she was a communications consultant, served as an elected school board member in upstate New York, and was a board member of Camp Chin Gu, a camp for Korean adoptees. She holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University.
