Debra has lived in St John since 1997. She is a retired Legal Assistant from Ameren Corporation with 48 total years of full-time legal and administrative experience with several large corporations and law firms. She has supported attorneys and paralegals in the area of labor law whose focus was on many labor unions. She also supported attorneys and legal personnel in FERC regulatory, environmental, Missouri and Illinois regulatory, corporate claims and some domestic and workers compensation law. She has supported U.S. Military electrical engineering contract personnel where she held a Top Secret security clearance. Debra held several positions at BJC HealthCare working primarily in the Breast Health Center where she ran the Reach To Recovery program that supported patients who were newly diagnosed with breast cancer at the Barnes-Jewish campus. In the City of St. John, Debra held a seat on the Board of Adjustment and most recently, on the Board of Planning & Zoning.