While at Dowling, Deb was a four-time metro conference doubles champion with Molly Brick and the metro conference singles champion her final three years. Deb and Molly qualified for state all four years, winning in 1990 and 1991.
Deb was a two-time Prince Tennis All American, National Honor Society member, math award winner, and Female Scholar Athlete.

She held a 50-0 record in singles and 73-3 in doubles, playing throughout the midwest and for a month in Europe. She graduated in the top 3 percent of her class.
Deb attended Purdue University where she was a Purdue Tennis letter winner, member of the Alpha Phi sorority, and a research and teaching assistant. She graduated with a B.S. in both Food Process Engineering and Biochemistry.

Deb has worked as an engineer at Frito Lay in Plano, TX, and in various leadership positions in Chicago with Kraft, Kellogg’s, and PepsiCo where she currently serves as a Supply Chain Director.