Business Consultant. Executive Coach. Mentor. Life Strategist. Solutionist.
Brand Management • Building Rapport • Communications • Followership • Leadership • Mentorship • Mindset • Team Building • Health & Wellness • Solutionist
Debra is a retired Fortune 500 global executive, an adept mentor and coach who helps her clients transform themselves, their lives, and their organizations leading with energy and vitality.
Debra is passionate about helping people, regardless of age or stage, create the personal or professional lives they want.
In addition to 30+ yeas of experience with ExxonMobil, she is the Founder of The DragonFly Consulting Group, A Kingdom Sourced LLC™, Debra King Coaching. Debra is an enthusiastic advocate of Freetirement™ - actively moving toward and creating freedom in retirement and the Best Selling Author of Dare to Climb: Your Journey Can Move Mountains, available on Amazon.
During her spare time, Debra enjoys going to Dave Matthews Band concerts, NBA games and traveling the world - so far 78 countries and all seven continents under her belt.
Some of Debra’s achievements and pursuits are:
Volunteers with Hope Beyond Bridges ministry designed to serve the needs of those whose circumstances finds themselves without a home
Chair, Board of Visitors for the School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh
2014 Distinguished Alumni of the School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh
Alumni in Residence for the University of Pittsburgh
Pitt Commons Mentor at the University of Pittsburgh
Member, The 1787 Society of the University of Pittsburgh
2014 Inductee of the University of Pittsburgh’s Legacy Laureate Society
Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated since 1989
Recipient of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated’s Educational Advancement Foundation’s 2019 Emerald and 2020 Green Diamond awards for philanthropic educational fundraising
Harvard Business School Online - Financial Accounting Certificate
Georgetown University - International Business Management Certificate
Cornell University - Contract Administration Certificate
Trumpet Award Recipient - High Heels in High Places
Global Visionary Leadership Award - Howard University, John H Johnson School of Communication
Certified, John Maxwell, Speaker, Trainer, Coach
Certified, Health Coach Institute, Health and Life Coach
Certified, Health Coach Institute, Transformational and Mastery Coach
Certified, Creative Performance Group, Professional Speaker
Certified, The Coaching Institute, Strategic Intervention Coach
Mentor / Coach for current ExxonMobil employees
Former Advisory Board member for ExxonMobil’s Black Employee Success Team (BEST) and Exxon’s African American Initiative (AAI) - employee resource group with specific guidance for Professional Development
Former ExxonMobil’s Downstream Women’s Leadership Team’s Mentoring Committee with a focus on mentoring and coaching up and coming female employees
Former Board Member - Northern Virginia Chapter of the Urban League, Girl Scouts Council of Tropical Florida, United Way of Miami-Dade, United Way of Greater Union County
