Today, Deborah is one of the most powerful voices in the market. She has keynoted and led seminars on issues of personal empowerment, diversity, business strategy, sales and entrepreneurship for American Express, Avon, IBM, Frito-Lay, Office Depot, JPMorgan Chase, NYU Stern School of Business, Proctor & Gamble, Prudential, The Society of Human Resource Professionals, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Verizon, Wal-Mart, and many others.

Deborah's strategies for success have appeared in Business Week, Family Circle, Forbes, O magazine, and USA Today. She is a frequent television guest and has been seen on The Oprah Winfrey Show as well as on ABC, CNN, FOX and NBC affiliates nationwide. Her achievements have been used as a case study in several textbooks.

Deborah is also the best-selling author of Dream BIG! - A Roadmap for Facing Life's Challenges and Creating the Life You Deserve, and with its publication by Simon & Schuster became the first Hispanic person to have a self-help book published by a major publisher.

Founder of Umbrellas Plus, LLC. and Dream BIG! Enterprises, Shaw has designed, negotiated and closed multi-million dollar deals with some of the toughest buyers in the world. Her companies have delivered successful programs to accounts that include Costco, Toys-R-Us, Wal-Mart and the Walt Disney Company. Her achievements have been recognized with numerous awards.

Shaw is a board member of the non-profit organization, Count-Me-In for Women's Economic Independence, serves on the Frito-Lay Hispanic/Latino Advisory Board, and the Office Depot Women's Advisory Board.

Shaw is a graduate of Barnard College and lives in New Jersey and Florida with her three sons.

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