DR. DEBORAH NIXON An entrepreneur, professor, executive, consultant, and community volunteer, Dr. Deborah Nixon has identified a common need in today’s cautious working environment for trusting professional relationships. Economic instability has undercut one individual’s readiness to trust another, both between institutions and within them, affecting profitability and progress. Sensitive to the importance of human relations in a professional business structure, she has developed innovative strategies that explore and dignify the crucial role of trust in some of today’s most influential financial and political institutions. A successful entrepreneur now, Dr. Nixon has interviewed a wide range of individuals who have been impacted by different processes of change, from high-stakes executives to union members. From this extensive research, she has organized these discoveries into her acclaimed dissertation, “The Role and Meaning of Trust in Financial Institutions.” Since completing her Ph.D., she has been a vibrant force in the field of change management and emotions and decision-making. She has developed a number of programs including The STEP Program™ and MyMoneyMindset™, each based on her vision of a thriving culture based on trust and empowerment. She is a certified Hogan Assessor, coaches executives to be the best they can be.