Deborah is an attorney who started her career in grassroots organizing and eventually served as the Communications Director for Chellie Pingree's 2002 U.S. Senate Campaign. In between, she worked at numerous political-consulting firms and advocacy organizations, including Staton Hughes & Shafer, Spitfire Strategies, and Americans for Gun Safety. She then became an attorney. After practicing law for nearly ten years, she left her law firm in 2016 to work on the New Left Accelerator full time. Deborah lives in San Francisco, and is the proud and tired mom of Ryder Jane (5) and Hudson (3).