Debbie Acker

Bio

Dr. Deborah Acker currently serves as the Director for the Shelton Leadership Center with primary responsibilities for sustaining the department through quality programming, leading the board of advisors, fund development, and special projects related to grants and contracts. She is a teaching instructor in University College, as well as an Affiliate Graduate Faculty in Comparative Biomedical Sciences. As a senior leader, she has successfully collaborated with university faculty, staff and administrators across disciplines to enhance student success as leaders within their field of studies, resulting in current programs, research, courses and minors. Over the span of her professional career, her expertise focuses on the development and training of leadership competencies including meaningful group work, effective teams, decision-making, incorporation of intentional values-based attributes when leading others (integrity, diversity, social responsibility, and compassion), and developing a global mindset.