Debbie came to Columbia as a college freshman and hasn’t left town yet. She graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in broadcast journalism and a master’s degree in speech and dramatic arts. From work at radio stations, she drifted into puppetry and children’s theater where she discovered her forte was stage management; an area which allowed her to combine her natural bent towards organization with her love of being around creative people. Since 2008, she has been applying her organizational skills by assisting with the management of the MU Life Science Business Incubator and working with creative people in the world of science and technology.