Classes taught:
BUS 101 -
Introduction to Business
BUS 311 -
Foundations of Management Theory
BUS 360 - Leadership
BUS 412 - Human Resource Management
ID 351 - Ethics and Leadership
Professional Background:
For over twenty years, Debbie worked in
Corporate America, including at Bank of America,
First Interstate Bank, and Boise Cascade
Corporation. Most of her corporate experience was in
the human resource area. Specifically, Debbie worked
for Bank of America for six years as a Training
Officer, responsible for developing and delivering
training programs to all levels of supervision and
management on topics such as situational leadership,
building effective teams, managing interpersonal
relationships, stress and time management, personnel
policies and practices, effective communications,
etc. As a Training Officer for First Interstate
Bank, she continued providing management training
and development for two years and then became
Manager of Staff Relations for the State of
Washington, providing policy interpretation and
application, recommendations regarding employee
disciplinary/termination situations, compliance to
federal, state, and local employment laws, etc. As
an independent contractor for over ten years, Debbie
has provided consulting and training to companies
such as REI Sporting Goods, Seattle Children’s
Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Associated
Grocers, University of Puget Sound, and Isothermal
Systems Research. Her expertise is in the areas of
leadership, performance management, conflict
resolution, stress and time management, problem
solving/decision making, team building, harassment
awareness, communications, career counseling,
personnel policies and practices, etc. Since 2002,
Debbie has taught within the Business Division at
LCSC.
Personal:
Debbie and Larry have been married since 1983 and
have two teenage sons, Nick and Eric. Debbie was
born in Gooding, Idaho, and lived in Boise during
most of her upbringing. She moved to the Seattle
area in 1982 to obtain her Masters degree from the
University of Washington. In December 1999, they
moved from the Seattle area to Clarkston and attend
Harvest Church.
Association, Affiliations and Special
recognitions:
Debbie is a member of the United States
Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
as well as the Society for Human Resource Management
(SHRM). In 2008, she received both the President’s
Award for Outstanding Teaching and the Outstanding
Business Faculty of the Year award.
Interests:
Debbie enjoys traveling, boating, reading,
motorcycling, and singing.
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