Debbie has over 15 years of progressive responsibility and experience in law office settings following her graduation from the Legal Secretarial Program at Humber College. While maintaining full-time employment, she also undertook and completed the Law Clerk Certificate program at Georgian College in Owen Sound.

With an understanding of a broad range of areas of practice including real estate, family law and civil litigation, Debbie has also handled administrative and bookkeeping functions for several busy practices and is the anchor of the Owen Sound office of Pace Law Firm.

In 2001, Debbie wrote the Law School Admission Test and scored in the 95th percentile. But, as the busy mother of two active young children, she decided to postpone her pursuit of a law degree.

In addition to her responsibilities at the Owen Sound office, Debbie is involved in numerous community activities including being the trainer for a Pee-Wee girl's hockey team, assistant coach of a kid's baseball team and her own participation in hockey, golf and baseball.