Richards, Deborah

Deborah is an Adult Education professional, with thirty years of proven administrative and leadership experience in client-relationship management, project management, new program development, contract negotiation, business development and delivery, and event management.

Deborah has worked in the adult education sector for close to 25 years, as a Program Manager for the Pre-Professional Program with the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia, and at Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) in various educational leadership roles since 2001. Deborah is currently the Program Director for the Continuing Professional Health Education department within the Health Sciences Division at JIBC, where she has managed contract and client relationships for large multi-year and multi-site training for agencies within Canada and internationally. She has also overseen the development of national certification examination services for health professional organizations, and implemented two new academic credentials in emergency medical services and community care licensing.