Deb McBride provides tech support for Caring for Colorado. In this role, she manages the web-based grants management system, Fluxx, updates grant payment information, and supports the foundation’s various financial activities.
Before working at Caring for Colorado, Deb worked at Tri-County Health Department for 25 years. She started part-time in finance and eventually moved to the Environmental Health management team as an informatics specialist. She was part of the statewide team that developed the Colorado Electronic Disease Reporting System. She also built the initial Health Alert Network database for Tri-County and other databases for disease reporting, tracking restaurant and septic tank inspections, and tracking birth and death certificates for Vital Records. As a Spanish speaker, she translated for restaurant inspections and training classes; disease control follow-up; Women, Infants, and Children; the Nursing division; and Vital Records.
Currently, Deb volunteers with the American Legion’s Oratorical Program and serves on the board of Columbine Federal Credit Union. She is also the treasurer for the credit union’s foundation, Columbine Connects.
Outside of work, Deb loves to travel with her nephew and grandchildren and enjoys solo travel. She has taken several train trips across the U.S. and Canada with her nephew, traveled domestically and internationally with her grandchildren, and traveled extensively in Europe as a solo traveler.
Deb’s favorite group as a teen – and still today – is Earth Wind and Fire.
Deb’s favorite place in Colorado is Buffalo Creek. Her family moved there when she was 14 and it is where she bought a horse and spent hours riding along old mining and logging roads.
“If I could tell my younger self one thing to inspire hope, it would be that there is nothing wrong with being the nerd who sits in the back and is constantly reading. It really does pay off.”