Debbie Grant
Chief Financial Officer ► Operational Support | Finance | Technology Implementation | Assurance at World Athletics Championships Oregon22- Claim this Profile
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Katie Babits
Few bosses are actual leaders, and Debbie more than exemplifies true leadership. She has the ability to see people’s hidden talents and drive, and designs her team so that people shine. I gained more confidence from her leadership as she encouraged me to step up to challenges. Under her leadership, I learned the implications and challenges of building an inclusive culture, the importance of humility and taking responsibility for unintended outcomes, and leaned on her as she supported me in one of the most challenging roles in my career. Not only did Debbie provide transformative leadership, she also shared a human side with humor and empathy, modeling a style I believe most people deserve yet rarely experience. The skills Debbie brings to a team are those that will grow the best skills of her team, leading from the background and assigning successes to her team’s efforts, and developing informal leaders who expand her impact throughout an organization.
Anthony D. Mills
It's my pleasure to provide a letter of support for Debbie Grant. She is a proven leader, a creative problem-solver, communicates with detail and clarity, and has consistently delivered value add collaboration with our downstream supply chain team. She has been a key member of our leadership team demonstrating a keen ability to connect broad, strategic thinking with the day-to-day operations across multiple classes of business. Over my 20-year career with Shell Oil Products US, I have held various project management and commercial portfolio roles. I have collaborated with a variety of project managers, including Debbie. However, she truly stands out as one of the premier performers. While Debbie worked as a Senior Project Development Engineer at Shell, she demonstrated the ability to communicate directly and manage senior level stakeholders, has effectively led 50+ person cross-functional teams, and has taken the initiative to lead our annual US capital budgeting process (>$100 million annual invested). I'm confident that Debbie would be a valuable member of any team. An organization will benefit from Debbie’s high degree of professionalism, high moral compass, care for people, and a well-honed ability to truly elevate those around her. If you'd like more information, I'd be happy to expand on my experience working with Debbie. Please feel free to contact me directly.
Katie Babits
Few bosses are actual leaders, and Debbie more than exemplifies true leadership. She has the ability to see people’s hidden talents and drive, and designs her team so that people shine. I gained more confidence from her leadership as she encouraged me to step up to challenges. Under her leadership, I learned the implications and challenges of building an inclusive culture, the importance of humility and taking responsibility for unintended outcomes, and leaned on her as she supported me in one of the most challenging roles in my career. Not only did Debbie provide transformative leadership, she also shared a human side with humor and empathy, modeling a style I believe most people deserve yet rarely experience. The skills Debbie brings to a team are those that will grow the best skills of her team, leading from the background and assigning successes to her team’s efforts, and developing informal leaders who expand her impact throughout an organization.
Anthony D. Mills
It's my pleasure to provide a letter of support for Debbie Grant. She is a proven leader, a creative problem-solver, communicates with detail and clarity, and has consistently delivered value add collaboration with our downstream supply chain team. She has been a key member of our leadership team demonstrating a keen ability to connect broad, strategic thinking with the day-to-day operations across multiple classes of business. Over my 20-year career with Shell Oil Products US, I have held various project management and commercial portfolio roles. I have collaborated with a variety of project managers, including Debbie. However, she truly stands out as one of the premier performers. While Debbie worked as a Senior Project Development Engineer at Shell, she demonstrated the ability to communicate directly and manage senior level stakeholders, has effectively led 50+ person cross-functional teams, and has taken the initiative to lead our annual US capital budgeting process (>$100 million annual invested). I'm confident that Debbie would be a valuable member of any team. An organization will benefit from Debbie’s high degree of professionalism, high moral compass, care for people, and a well-honed ability to truly elevate those around her. If you'd like more information, I'd be happy to expand on my experience working with Debbie. Please feel free to contact me directly.
Katie Babits
Few bosses are actual leaders, and Debbie more than exemplifies true leadership. She has the ability to see people’s hidden talents and drive, and designs her team so that people shine. I gained more confidence from her leadership as she encouraged me to step up to challenges. Under her leadership, I learned the implications and challenges of building an inclusive culture, the importance of humility and taking responsibility for unintended outcomes, and leaned on her as she supported me in one of the most challenging roles in my career. Not only did Debbie provide transformative leadership, she also shared a human side with humor and empathy, modeling a style I believe most people deserve yet rarely experience. The skills Debbie brings to a team are those that will grow the best skills of her team, leading from the background and assigning successes to her team’s efforts, and developing informal leaders who expand her impact throughout an organization.
Anthony D. Mills
It's my pleasure to provide a letter of support for Debbie Grant. She is a proven leader, a creative problem-solver, communicates with detail and clarity, and has consistently delivered value add collaboration with our downstream supply chain team. She has been a key member of our leadership team demonstrating a keen ability to connect broad, strategic thinking with the day-to-day operations across multiple classes of business. Over my 20-year career with Shell Oil Products US, I have held various project management and commercial portfolio roles. I have collaborated with a variety of project managers, including Debbie. However, she truly stands out as one of the premier performers. While Debbie worked as a Senior Project Development Engineer at Shell, she demonstrated the ability to communicate directly and manage senior level stakeholders, has effectively led 50+ person cross-functional teams, and has taken the initiative to lead our annual US capital budgeting process (>$100 million annual invested). I'm confident that Debbie would be a valuable member of any team. An organization will benefit from Debbie’s high degree of professionalism, high moral compass, care for people, and a well-honed ability to truly elevate those around her. If you'd like more information, I'd be happy to expand on my experience working with Debbie. Please feel free to contact me directly.
Katie Babits
Few bosses are actual leaders, and Debbie more than exemplifies true leadership. She has the ability to see people’s hidden talents and drive, and designs her team so that people shine. I gained more confidence from her leadership as she encouraged me to step up to challenges. Under her leadership, I learned the implications and challenges of building an inclusive culture, the importance of humility and taking responsibility for unintended outcomes, and leaned on her as she supported me in one of the most challenging roles in my career. Not only did Debbie provide transformative leadership, she also shared a human side with humor and empathy, modeling a style I believe most people deserve yet rarely experience. The skills Debbie brings to a team are those that will grow the best skills of her team, leading from the background and assigning successes to her team’s efforts, and developing informal leaders who expand her impact throughout an organization.
Anthony D. Mills
It's my pleasure to provide a letter of support for Debbie Grant. She is a proven leader, a creative problem-solver, communicates with detail and clarity, and has consistently delivered value add collaboration with our downstream supply chain team. She has been a key member of our leadership team demonstrating a keen ability to connect broad, strategic thinking with the day-to-day operations across multiple classes of business. Over my 20-year career with Shell Oil Products US, I have held various project management and commercial portfolio roles. I have collaborated with a variety of project managers, including Debbie. However, she truly stands out as one of the premier performers. While Debbie worked as a Senior Project Development Engineer at Shell, she demonstrated the ability to communicate directly and manage senior level stakeholders, has effectively led 50+ person cross-functional teams, and has taken the initiative to lead our annual US capital budgeting process (>$100 million annual invested). I'm confident that Debbie would be a valuable member of any team. An organization will benefit from Debbie’s high degree of professionalism, high moral compass, care for people, and a well-honed ability to truly elevate those around her. If you'd like more information, I'd be happy to expand on my experience working with Debbie. Please feel free to contact me directly.
Experience
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World Athletics Championships Oregon22
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United States
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Financial Officer ► Operational Support | Finance | Technology Implementation | Assurance
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Aug 2021 - Present
As a member of the executive team, I play a key role in running day-to-day operations and steering the strategic direction for this premier track and field event. My scope of work includes overseeing finance, accounting, assurance, governance, technology, facilities management, and workforce planning. I work closely with leaders across the organization to set and realize performance goals. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: ♦ Executed event under $75M budget through careful resource management. Generated unplanned income totaling $3.2M by establishing procurement controls and effectively investing funds. ♦ Received multiple awards for event operations leadership success. 2022 Sports Travel Magazine Award for Best Professional Event in Sports Industry 2022 Sports Destination Management Award for Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism Yielding $51M Rated Best Live Event by Nielsen (81% of people surveyed) ♦ Championed environmentally/sustainability responsible approach, coordinating first sporting event with 0 single-use plastic bottles. ♦ Leveraged contracts to keep costs on track, with 90% of spend executed on contracts containing clear scope of work and payment terms. ♦ Optimized budget development and spend forecasting by incorporating data analytics to identify trends. ♦ Achieved balanced budget, increasing marketing spend to strengthen awareness, boosting ticket sales beyond plan, and reducing spend in other areas.
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Shell
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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US Senior Project Development Lead, P.E. & APM PMQ / US Project Lead (interim), US Trading & Supply
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Nov 2017 - Feb 2022
During this period, I led multimillion-dollar distribution projects for all US to safely maintain and grow assets while serving as the US representative on a global team. This role included planning the annual capital budget, mitigating project risks, and embedding a strong safety culture. I ensured timely and cost-effective project delivery by promoting continuous improvement and strategic resource allocation. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:♦ Reduced losses and realized cost savings while ensuring safety by creating strategy to efficiently decelerate and ramp up projects as needed during COVID-19 pandemic.♦ Enabled safe and legal halt of work by proactively owning asset integrity risk identification and mitigation.♦ Executed $60-80M annual project portfolio from initial idea / issue to solution by transforming engineering and assurance activities.♦ Assembled 20-person US project frontend development team from scratch, project benchmarks met or surpassed project industry standards. ♦ Drove alignment in delivery by championing continuous improvement initiatives, from initial concept to executable plan.
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Internal Auditor, Global Finance ► Team Leadership | Business Process Improvement
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Apr 2011 - Nov 2017
Here I led global, multicultural interdisciplinary teams in the assurance of the effective design and operational effectiveness of process risks, controls, and regulatory compliance. I ensured financial accuracy, robust internal controls, and regulatory compliance. Additionally, I led subject matter experts in preparing an independent assessment on the design and operational effectiveness of business processes and controls at manufacturing sites globally. Identifying and addressing safety concerns as well.
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Project Manager, Supply & Distribution Eastern US ► Budgeting | Resource Management | Leadership
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Apr 2006 - Apr 2011
Drove annual design and construction of multimillion-dollar high-profile projects, totaling $60M. Included the ethanol offloading facility with the capacity for 100 railcars in 12 hours, the largest ethanol offloading facility at that time.
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Facilities Engineer / Maintenance Contract Coordinator, Retail NJ & NY ► Project Management
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Jul 2000 - Apr 2006
KEY ACHIEVEMENT:♦ Headed $6M in annual capital improvement projects and $1.6M in maintenance initiatives for 100+ locations in nation’s largest retail market.
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Education
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Villanova University
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering -
Villanova University
Master's degree, Civil Engineering
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