Deborah is a board-certified forensic pathologist and Medical Examiner at the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office in Syracuse, New York, serving Cayuga, Madison, Oswego, and Oneida Counties in addition to Onondaga. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists and the National Association of Medical Examiners. Deborah is a native of Ohio but grew up in Lubbock, Texas, where her first job was as a church organist, and is a Viet Nam-era veteran achieving the rank of Captain in the USAF prior to leaving the military and settling in Colorado to raise a family. A 1990 graduate of the University of Colorado Medical School, she completed an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at University Hospital in Denver, with a one-year fellowship in pediatric pathology at The Children’s Hospital. After a fellowship in forensic pathology at the Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Deborah has worked for over 17 years as a forensic pathologist in Kansas, Colorado, Texas, and most recently New Zealand, prior to moving to New York in June, 2011. A lover of the outdoors who has climbed 44 of the 54 Colorado 14’ers, Deborah was a member of Park County Search and Rescue while in Colorado and certified in open water SCUBA diving in Australia at the Great Barrier Reef. She is enjoying exploring the Adirondacks and the many historic sites of New York on foot and mountain bike. Deborah is the proud mother of two children and two grandchildren.