Deb Roybal

Dr. Deb Roybal is a Registered Nurse with a Master of Nursing Leadership degree and a Ph.D. in Human Services with an emphasis in health care leadership. With nearly 30 years of experience in health care and health-care-related fields, Dr. Roybal has held executive leadership positions in hospital administration, quality and risk, service line management and clinical education. Her professional interests include leadership development that integrates strategies to bring out the full potential in every member of health care teams, cultivate high-performing team and organizational cultures, and foster a sense of social justice. She is a speaker and author on leadership development, organizational culture and values, health care ethics and values-driven leadership. As a business owner serving health care organizations, her public policy platform centers on the conditions and challenges of health care delivery in the contemporary market.

To carry out her own social justice mission, Dr. Roybal is the co-founder and president of a local non-profit agency where the charitable mission is to create the conditions for thriving children and families in Colorado's lowest-income school districts. This organization serves as the Roybal family's philanthropic and social justice platform. Through this platform, her public policy work emphasizes the health and well-being of Colorado's most vulnerable families.