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Education: Deb Perkins holds a BS in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a PhD in Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Originally from Northern Virginia, Deb has lived in various locations, including Texas, France (as an exchange student), North Carolina, and metro Atlanta.

Career: A retired analytical chemist with a 36-year career at Agilent Technologies, Deb served as the Global Customer Learning Services Development Manager, where her team developed over 100 instructor-led courses and a catalog of nearly 600 online, asynchronous courses in analytical chemistry techniques, operations, applications, and maintenance with greater than 40,000 registrations per year globally. Currently, she operates as the Chemical Education Principal Consultant at her company, Resolution Sciences LLC, creating educational programs for industry scientists.  

School Involvement: Deb has served as co-president of the Chattahoochee High School Band Boosters, an ESL instructor, and Secretary and Board Member for the Kennesaw State University College of Science and Mathematics. She has also been a mentor for the Mentor Jackets program and the Women in Chemistry graduate student organization at Georgia Tech, as well as a yearly judge for graduate student research awards at Georgia Tech.

Family: Deb is the mother of two adult sons - Andrew, who works in merchandising for Kroger, and Christopher, an Actuary Fellow at MunichRe, who is set to marry Amber Scales, a Mechanical Engineer, this spring.  Deb is married to Robert Kobelski, a retired analytical chemist at the CDC.

Other Interests: Outside of work and family, Deb enjoys ballroom dancing with her husband, traveling, and looks forward to contributing to the community through Rotary. She is particularly passionate about helping young adults discover their potential and explore opportunities they might not otherwise encounter.

Note: Deb and her husband Robert attended the 2025 District Conference. Man, can they dance!!


Posted by Deb Perkins
April 29, 2025

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