Central Phoenix Women

Deborah has over three decades of experience in the financial, educational, and philanthropic worlds. A native of Ohio, Deborah received her Bachelor of Music Performance in Flute degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Before she changed careers over 15 years ago to financial planning, Deborah played flute professionally as an orchestral musician for nearly 20 years. She is a financial advisor with Securus Financial Group in Scottsdale, Arizona. Currently, Deborah is a member of the 2010-2011 Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series women’s leadership program, a FINRA arbitrator (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States), Past President of the Phoenix Chapter of the American Society of Women Accountants and past Director of Central Phoenix Women. She is a graduate of Leadership Akron Class XVI (16), past-president of the Fairlawn Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the 2002 Imanuel Isroff Young Leadership Award winner. Deborah has been published on the topics of women and money, charitable planning, and retirement plans. She has been quoted in local and national publications, has been a guest on Good Morning Arizona, KJZZ‘s “Here and Now”, has presented webcasts for major financial organizations and has spoken at national accounting conferences. Deborah enjoys playing flute, running, golf and knitting-- not necessarily in that order depending on the day. She and her husband Rabbi Arthur Lavinsky just celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary yesterday. She is the mother of two (thankfully!) grown children.