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Deb Arnold has developed deep specialized expertise in recognition and thought leadership for talent professionals, particularly in learning & development. She has served global industry leaders such as Accenture, Avanade, Best Buy, BNSF Railway, Dollar General, Hilton Worldwide, Jiffy Lube, Keller Williams Realty, SAP, Verizon, Visa, Walgreens, Yahoo and YUM! Brands.

Deb brings to her work decades of marketing communications experience, fierce writing chops and, most of all, the drive to win. She loves to see clients achieve recognition, both externally from their industries and internally from senior stakeholders.

In addition, for nearly three years Deb honed her craft working in-house, full time, at Accenture, collaborating on recognition-related communications with leaders and subject matter experts across the Talent, Rewards & Experience team and beyond. Deb also conceived and launched an enterprise support program for applicants to the Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards; these innovative tools and resources, unique at the global professional services firm of 730,000+ employees, helped nearly triple Accenture’s wins during her tenure (from 66 in 2020 to 182 in 2023).

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Credentials

Deb holds an MBA in Management and Marketing from Columbia Business School, where she helped launch the school’s online journal of international business and was elected president of the largest and most active student club, Columbia Women in Business. She graduated cum laude with a BA in International Relations from Tufts University.

She established her first communications consulting practice in 1994 in Israel. Now based in Seattle, Deb has lectured on business communications at the University of Washington and Washington State University and has advised several local non-profits pro bono. She also served as editor for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), Seattle chapter.

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A lifelong choir geek, Deb has performed internationally with ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony and, since 2004, Seattle Pro Musica, where she’s also served on the board of directors and as a pro bono advisor on the marketing committee.

Deb loves food, travel, art and farmers markets. She is the co-founder of Limmud Seattle, part of an award-winning global movement of volunteer-run Jewish learning festivals. Her volunteer activities also include disaster relief in the US, Europe and the Middle East.