VP of Education & Certification

The VP of Education & Certification is responsible to design the Chapter's professional development programs to increase competence of the business analysis community. He or she is responsible for promoting Business Analysis professionalism at the Chapter level through delivery of educational curriculum at applicable meetings, events, seminars, and workshops.  The educational program delivery is designed to help members achieve certification as Certified Business Analysis Professionals (CBAP®).

Deb has 15 years of business analysis experience.  She is currently a Senior Business Analyst at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and is a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®).  In addition to performing business analysis on projects, Deb is also responsible to provide coaching, mentoring, and training for other business analysts, and to perform quality assurance.  Deb was intimately involved in developing Thrivent Financial's requirements methodology including processes, procedures, guidelines, and templates.   

In her spare time, when she's not up north at her cottage enjoying nature, Deb is pursuing a secondary career as a freelance copy editor and proofreader.  She's extremely proud of the fact that she recently edited Roxanne Miller's book The Quest for Software Requirements.