Deborah Grubbe is owner and principal of Operations and Safety Solutions, LLC, a consultancy that specializes in safety and operations troubleshooting and support. Deborah is the former vice president of Group Safety and Industrial Hygiene for BP plc, which had its two safest years ever under her tenure. She was trained in the characteristics of safe operations during her 27 year career at DuPont, where she held corporate director positions in safety, operations, and engineering. Grubbe is a member of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, and served as a consultant on safety culture to the Columbia Shuttle Accident Investigation Board. She currently serves on the Purdue University College of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, and is the current chair of the Institute for Sustainability. She has worked as a member of the oversight committee for the Demilitarization of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile. Deborah obtained a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with Highest Distinction from Purdue University, and received a Winston Churchill Fellowship to study chemical engineering at Cambridge University in England. A native of Illinois, she received the Purdue Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award in 2002, and, in that same year, was named “Engineer of the Year” in Delaware.