Deborah Stolbach
Chief Program Officer, Executive Team
Deborah Stolbach has been a social worker for more than three decades, working with women and families experiencing homelessness, poverty, addiction, and violence. She is grateful for the lessons about resilience that she learns from families every day. Deborah is committed to building organizations that incorporate trauma-informed principles on every level: safety; trustworthiness and transparency; peer support; collaboration and mutuality; empowerment, voice, and choice; and cultural and gender responsiveness. She seeks to balance hard work with joy, humor and fun.
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”- Audre Lorde
“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” – Emma Goldman