Ms. Debi Deal
Treasurer
Debi.Deal@calauthorizers.org
916-244-3520 ext. 109
Debi Deal left a job at a CPA firm in 1990, to work for a school district as its business manager and never returned to the private sector. For the next 30 years, she worked in public education, including 18 years as chief business officer, business coordinator, manager, supervisor, trainer, and mentor for school districts.
For over a decade, she served as a Fiscal Intervention Specialist for the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT) for the State of California and was involved in a wide range of fiscal support, auditing, and mentoring until her retirement in December 2018.
With extensive knowledge of accounting principles specifically relating to governmental accounting and auditing, Debi has worked with programmers to establish and maintain complex computerized financial systems and assisted with the development of:
- The Charter Finance Academycurriculum and provided statewide regional training for charter school business office staff and charter school authorizers.
- Prepared complex calculations for charter school conversions.
- Developed curriculum and taught classes for the University of Southern California (USC) Rossier, School of Education – School Business Management Certificate Program for six years developing course work for Budget Development/Monitoring, Multiyear Financial Projections and Cash Flow.
- Assisted with the development of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) school funding model for statewide implementation.
Having been the only high school and college graduate in her current and extended family, Debi is passionate about education. She believes that not all children prosper in a K-12 environment and some may need a different opportunity to be successful. “As educators, we need to ensure all children have the resources to be successful, and leaders need the tools and training to make that happen.”
