¡Serves on five House committees- Education; Election Law; Ethics; Finance; Judiciary, Subcommittee on Civil Law.

¡Minority Whip.

Professional

¡Graduated from Brown University and UNC Law School.

¡Practiced law since 1990, specializing in constitutional law, civil rights, renewable energy, and municipal finance. Currently, Of Counsel with Styers, Kemerait & Mitchell, PLLC.

¡Teaches as a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School.

¡Winner of the 2006 Raleigh-Apex NAACP Humanitarian of the Year Award.

¡Winner of the 2006 Democracy Award from Common Cause.

¡Winner of the 2008 Ashanti Award from the RWCA.

¡Winner of the 2009 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award for Historic Preservation.

¡Winner of the 2009 Legislator of the Year Award from the NC Housing Coalition.

¡Winner of the 2009 Isosceles Award from the Triangle AIA.

¡Winner of the 2009 WakeUp Wake County Award for Transit.

¡Ranked the 9th most effective member of the NC House of Representatives in 2010.

¡NAMI Wake County Legislator of the Year in 2010.

¡Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration from Peace College in 2011.

¡Winner of the 2012 Legislator of the Year Award from the Southeast Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors.

¡Winner of the 2012 Defender of Justice Award from the NC Justice Center.

¡William Friday Fellow for Human Relations.

¡Council of State Governments Toll Fellow.

¡Aspen-Rodel Fellow.

Personal

¡Deborah has been married to Steve Wrinn since 1994.

¡Deborah and Steve renovated an old house in Historic Boylan Heights.

¡Deborah and Steve adopted Ralph, their dog, from the Wake County SPCA.