Deborah J. Levine

Deborah is an award-winning, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and master instructor. Her jouney to becom a 2013 Champion of Diversity began as a child of one of the few Jewish families in the British colony of Bermuda and grew with her insertion into the New York City area, then Harvard University i boston, and a career in Chicago, Tulsa, Cincinnati, and Chattanooga.

• Deborrah joined a civil rights picket line in 1965, was an early volunteer with SNCC, and joined the first Women’s Liberation March in NYC circa 1970. Deborah then acquired numerous degrees and awards in cultural anthropology, religion, and urban planning.
• She is currently headquartered in Tennessee where she trains intrnational executives coming into the South, serving on Volkswagen's Diversity Council & growing the Southern-Global Connection.

GOING GLOBAL: Deborah's copyrighted Matrix Model Management System is a field-tested Guide to Cross Cultural Wisdom. Her handbook, Inspire Your Inner Global Leader, has True Stories for New Leaders blending today's challenges with her personal history including her father, a WW II soldier & liberator of a Nazi death camp.

• Cross-Cultural Trainer: Deborah coaches for consulting groups Global LT, aQQolade, & DFA whose clients include Volkswagen, International Paper, Nissan. She is an appointee to the TN Advisory Committee/ US Global Leadership Coalition.
• Keynote Speaker: Deborah shares her expertise & passion with service-oriented organizations.

GOING SOUTHERN: Deborah trains international executives & Fulbright Scholars coming into the South. As Dr. Roger Brown, former Chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, writes in his Forward, "Going Southern: The No-Mess Guide to Success in the South will be an entertaining as welel as practical introduction to my native region for anyone who wants to live, work, play, and learn in a part of the world that has proved endlessly fascinating..."