Deborah Hawkes is the Vice President of Process Excellence & Business Analytics at Change Healthcare, the largest healthcare technology company in the world. Prior to her role at Change, Deborah has held various leadership positions at Dell, Gatorade, and the government. Deborah also owned a Boutique Consulting firm that specialized in Continuous Improvement, Organizational Development, and Performance Effectiveness. She is a Master Black Belt with more than 15 years of experience in process improvement.

Deborah speaks at various events on women’s empowerment and human/social services, taught Statistics and Economics at Bethel University, and has life coached women internationally via her Coaching Business and television show. Deborah got her undergraduate degree from Purdue University, her MBA from University of Phoenix, and her Doctoral studies are in Health & Human Services from Walden University.  Dedicated to the betterment and advancement of women and children, she is a both a personal and professional problem solver.