Douglas County School System
Deborah J. Yoder, MA, CPG, serves as a Program Coordinator at Emory University since October 2023, focusing on preventative brain health studies aimed at reducing Alzheimer's disease among high-risk populations. Concurrently, Deborah is a Youth Facilitator for the Botvin LifeSkills Training program with Cobb County Juvenile Justice, working to prevent at-risk adolescents from entering the adult carceral system. Deborah has experience as a Substitute Teacher and a Volunteer Educator with the Georgia Department of Corrections, tutoring residents towards GED completion. Previous roles include Youth Facilitator for Aggression Replacement Training and Botvin LifeSkills Training, Secretary and State Ambassador for the Southern Gerontological Society, and various research and internship positions. Deborah holds a Master of Arts in Gerontology and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a focus on Race and Urban Studies from Georgia State University.
Douglas County School System
Douglas County is located 20 miles west of downtown Atlanta and encompasses 200 square miles of gently rolling foothills of the Appalachian Piedmont. The county population was estimated at 129,703 in 2009.