
Debbie DeGabrielle
Job Title: Consultant
Company: DeGabrielle Consulting
Industry: Marketing | Consulting | Retail, Architecture | Tech | Non Profit
Mentor Since: Fall 2025
Will Mentor: Early Career MBA
Mentor Type: Albers
Profile
Background
Job Description
I’m pursuing purpose driven work directed at mentoring individuals and companies to assist them in achieving their highest potential.
Company Description
I provide marketing and professional development consulting
Employment History
Prior experience spans multiple market sectors including specialty retail, consumer banking, architecture, advertising, and technology.
I have worked domestically and internationally for venture backed, privately funded and publicly traded companies, leading both small and large multi-national marketing teams.
Skills include branding, public/media relations, strategic partnership development and marketing outreach for both B2B and direct to consumer channels.
In my role as Chief Marketing Officer I’ve participated in all stages of the marketing lifecycle from nascent early funding rounds, through merger and acquisition and developing growth strategies for established companies.
CEO, DeGabrielle Consulting, since 2013
Chief Marketing Officer, as a consultant and employee, 2003-2013
VP Marketing WRQ, 1999-2003
Principal in Charge of Marketing, NBBJ, 1987-1993
Education
BA Communications NC State University, with honors
Executive MBA coursework at UW
Institut de Francais, intensive French language studies, 2015 and 2016
Mentoring Objectives & Scope
I hope to share my experience, contacts, and the skills that helped me achieve success
When and where do you hold meetings with your students?
Hybrid (mix of in-person and virtual) on or near campus
Additional Information
Success is never an accident. Clarity of purpose, daily and over the long-term, matters.