Debra Michelle Sofield
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| Born | October 8, 1963 Beirut, Lebanon |
| 🏡 Residence | Greenville, South Carolina |
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| 🌐 Website | debsofield |
Deb Sofield (born October 8, 1963) is a Lebanese-born American speaker, author, coach and radio personality. She is president and founder of Executive Speech Coaching Company, which trains women and men for success in speaking, presentation skills, media skills and message development in the U.S. and abroad.
Early life
Sofield was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and was adopted as a baby,[1] by Norman and Mary Sofield, an American couple working for the United States Government while living in Khartoum, Sudan.
Career
Sofield earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications in 1986, and ran successfully for public office in the City of Greenville, South Carolina, for a City Council seat serving as a two-term member of Greenville City Council.[2] She is the past Chair and current Commissioner of Public Works for the Greenville Water System[3] and is the first woman to hold this position since the CPW's inception in 1918. She has served on the faculty and is a past president of the Women’s Campaign School[4] at Yale University and a visiting lecturer at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Sofield also works with the International Republican Institute and Women’s Democracy Network of Washington, DC, teaching Communications Training for Civil Society around the world and she serves as a trainer for The Center for Liberty in the Middle East Page text.[5] Since 2013, Sofield has been the speaker coach for TEDxGreenville, an independently organized TED event.
Honors and awards
- Leadership South Carolina—Legacy of Leadership Award.[6]
- Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics—Leading Women Award.
- State of South Carolina’s highest honor—the Order of the Palmetto.[6]
- The Association for Women in Communications—Communicator of the Year.
- Toastmasters District 58—Communication and Leadership Award, which Sofield won for the state of South Carolina.
- Strom Thurmond Excellence in Public Service honor.
- Greenville (SC) Chamber of Commerce—ATHENA Award, for her work with young people and aspiring politicians.[7]
- Deb Sofield is a Liberty Fellow, a South Carolina partnership with the Aspen Institute.[8]
References
- ↑ "Deb Sofield sees a lot from behind the scenes". Upstate Business Journal. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ "City Council 2000 - 2010". greenvillesc.gov. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ "Commission". greenvillewater.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ [1], Yale Women’s Campaign School, Past Faculty--Deb Sofield. Retrieved 24 May 2016
- ↑ CLIME, Other Key Contributors--Campaign and Activism Training, Deb Sofield. Retrieved 24 May 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "News- Leadership South Carolina". leadershipsc.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ Judith S. Prince (28 September 2014). "Help recognize and encourage women leaders". The Greenville News. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ "Deb Sofield". Aspen Global Leadership Network - Fellow Exchange. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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