Candidate: Deborah B. Laury

DEBORAH B. (Debbie) LAURY Candidate for Flagler County School Board, District 3 E-mail: mizdeb02@gmail.com Common Sense Management Accountability Integrity A FRESH PERSPECTIVE FOR FLAGLER COUNTY’S SCHOOLS •Our schools should be safe, nurturing and supportive for our children •We must be committed to excellence •We need first rate programs and instructional materials •We need to prepare our graduates for life’s challenges, irrespective of whatever additional education or career paths they choose to follow •We need to use our tax dollars responsibly •We need to be accountable to our students, parents and our tax payers •We must be mutually committed to identifying and solving problems wherever they exist •Excellence in the classroom should always be rewarded CRITICAL FACTORS •Education is the key to America’s continued success and strength •Benjamin Franklin said it best at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. “We have a republic if we can keep it.” •Moreover acclaimed poet and philosopher, George Santayana reminds us,” Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” EXPERIENCE— Director of Development and Alumni Relations, College of Physicians and Surgeons, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Associate Director Development and Alumni Relations, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Director of Alumni Relations, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Annual Fund Director, PACE UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Director of Development, ST. THOMAS CHURCH AND CHOIR SCHOOL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Research Assistant, RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING EXPERIENCE— Clients: The Pennsylvania State University College of Agriculture The Pennsylvania State University College of Arts and Architecture PBS Children’s Television Program Producer, Yanna Brandt VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES Former Secretary, Grand Haven Advisory Council Former Board Member & Scholarship Fundraising Chairman, Daytona Beach/Palm Coast Chapter, PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Undergraduate Student Recruitment Volunteer, The Pennsylvania State University Current Board Member and Former Secretary, Palm Harbor Women’s Golf Association, Palm Coast, Florida ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS B.A., The Pennsylvania State University M. A., New York University