Debby initially started her adult life within the field of conservation working and living in many of the primary game reserves within the Hoedspruit region, such as Manyaleti, Klaserie and Timbavati (including a short stint down at Phinda in Natal). During these years Debby developed a number of skills and understanding related to Conservation (specifically as regards the conservation of Biodiversity) and the overlaying development of Tourism in the region. Being in the environment at the outset of the massive boom, she has been able to personally witness and experience the challenges experienced on both sides of the game - there were as few as 8 commercial lodges when Debby first started in the industry and in the region, compared to the over 400 lodges currently in existence in the greater region today.
As a result, Debby focused on establishing a number of processes to support and assist this development boom, from firstly being involved in the establishment of a framework to help guide development in order to continue to protect the natural environment that was attracting everyone in the first place (through the establishment of the Kruger to Canyons (K2C) Biosphere Region) as well as through the establishing of support services to assist developing lodges in communication and marketing needs focused around the unified promotion of the region as a single minded community.
In later years, subsequent to the murder of her brother in 2007, Debby also took to focusing on the mitigating of crime in the greater region and together with her conservation background and contacts, this has naturally included the fight against rhino poaching, as well as the development of a support structure trough the Victim Support Unit, to assist with trauma counselling and mitigation.
Thus Debby has developed many different skills over the years focusing on different core features but all with linking threads and implementation processes - Debby is constantly wearing many different hats but ultimately focusing on 1 single strategy - DOING WHAT IS RIGHT - and using her exceptional organising skills towards contributing towards a better tomorrow, whether it be for her community, for the environment or the country as a whole.