Dr. Butler is Team Leader, Facilitation for Bachmann Global Associates. She brings more than 20 years of consulting and teaching experience to Bachmann's clients.

In addition to her duties at Georgia State University, Deborah is in private practice as a counselor and coach, doing so since 1982. She has worked with corporations and individuals, coaching for performance and for development.

Professor Butler has been a full time member on the Management faculty at Georgia State's Robinson College of Business since 1997. During that time, she has focused on organizational behavior, organizational theory and coaching for leadership. Deborah is committed to bringing the world of business into the classroom. She regularly invites executives to speak to her students, and she arranges to have her students spend time in organizations during the semester to observe course concepts being applied. In addition to her teaching duties, she directs the Georgia State University Society of Entrepreneurs, an executive roundtable whose members lead growth stage companies based in Atlanta.

Deborah earned her BS in Criminology from Florida State University before receiving her next three degrees from Georgia State: an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, Ph.D. in Counseling and an MS in Management, specializing in Organizational Behavior and Development.