About

Trained as a clinical psychologist, Deborah Fisher has been an agent of change her entire professional career. She started as a psychological and neuropsychological diagnostician, psychotherapist and advocate for children, adolescents, adults and their families in residential and outpatient clinic settings. After building a highly successful, multi-clinician practice, she recognized that she could broaden her impact on improving the quality of people’s lives if she moved from direct service delivery to management. She has been the Regional Director of Clinical Operations for a national managed care behavioral health organization and worked in the C-suite of human service agencies both in permanent and interim capacities. Ms. Fisher has taken her passionate advocacy for people with chronic behavioral health, medical and cognitive disabilities into her consulting and volunteer activities with organizations committed to promoting opportunities for people seeking to be meaningfully engaged and participating in their communities. She is a frequent speaker at workshops and conferences throughout the country.

Activities & Affiliations

Licensed Standards for Excellence Consultant, Standards for Excellence Institute, Baltimore, MD

Graduate, National Leadership Institute on Developmental Disabilities, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Member,Shared Horizons Board of Directors, Washington, DC

President, Steering Committee, Religion and Spirituality Interest Network, AAIDD

Fellow, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

Past Chair, Psychology Division, AAIDD

Trustee Secretary, Healthcare Initiatives Foundation, Montgomery County, MD

Education

Psy.D. Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey

B.A. Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey