Debbie is now semi-retired, having been self-employed as a CPA for 34 years, focusing her accounting and tax practice on individuals, small businesses, and nonprofits. Earning her juris doctor in 1997, she has spent more than 20 years in business formation and dissolution, estate planning and taxation, probate, and trust administration. She is currently president of a real estate holding company, and chief financial officer of a local produce company.

Debbie attended UC Berkeley, Cal State Hayward (now CSU East Bay) and William Howard Taft University Law School. Since her teen years, Debbie has volunteered with many local charities, has served as an officer or director on several boards, giving her time and expertise to set up, or expand on, finances and internal structure, and organize fund-raising programs and events. Her experiences are as varied as the organizations she’s served: St. Rose Hospital Auxiliary, Hayward Police Activities League, Bay Area Community Services, Hayward Kiwanis, St. John’s School in San Lorenzo, Castro Valley Independent Baseball League, and Impact100 East Bay.

Franz Kafka wrote, “Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.” As a lifelong resident of Alameda County and as a founding member of Impact100 East Bay, I can share my skills, talents, and financial resources to serve the ever-growing needs in my little corner of the world.