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She is the co-founder of ACT – previously the Adaptation to Climate Change Team, and now the Action on Climate Team at SFU, and a thought leader in supporting community partners and governments to implement low-carbon resilience approaches and develop integrated climate policy. 

As a consultant she has played a seminal role in integrating climate change approaches into national infrastructure policy, and has supported many of Canada's governmental and non-governmental organizations in thinking through systemic opportunities to integrate data, decision-making, and policy that reduces risk and emissions, while advancing other resilience and sustainability priorities.

Deborah is a respected advisor and governance leader, serving as a board member with the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) and is a former advisor to the Canadian Climate Institute’s adaptation panel, the federal Expert Panel on Adaptation and Climate Resilience Results (EPCARR), and the Council of Canadian Academies’ expert panel on Top Climate Risks for Canada, among others. She continues to have strong foundations at SFU, currently as a Climate Solutions Fellow at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue—where she is advancing AI and climate change initiatives—and as an Adjunct Professor at SFU’s School of Resource and Environmental Management.