GEM-SET: Mentors: dgrubbe

GEM-SET : Girls' E-Mentoring Program : Science | Engineering | Technology

Deborah Grubbe, PE
Corporate Director-Safety and Health
DuPont
Wilmington, DE

Deborah Grubbe is a Corporate Director of Safety and Health for DuPont. She is accountable for leading new initiatives in global safety and occupational health for the $27 billion corporation. Deb was formerly the Operations Director for two of DuPont's global businesses, where she was accountable for manufacturing, engineering, safety, environmental and information systems. She has 24 years of experience in five of DuPont's 20 Business Units. Deborah is also a past director of DuPont Engineering's 700-person engineering technology organization. Her 15 different assignments range from capital project implementation through manufacturing management and human resources.

Deborah currently serves on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Visiting Committee for Advanced Technology. She also serves the National Academy of Sciences as a member of the oversight committee for the Demilitarization of US Chemical Weapons Stockpile. Deborah sits on the Board of Directors of the Engineering and Construction Committee of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and is on the Business Management Advisory Committee of Wilmington College. She is the former co-chair of the Benchmarking and Metrics Committee of the Construction Industry Institute, and currently serves as a member of its Fully Integrated and Automated Project Processes committee. She is currently a member of the Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering New Directions Executive Committee. Deborah was the first woman and youngest elected member of the State of Delaware Registration Board for Professional Engineers (1985-1989). During her tenure on the State Board, she was the Chair of the Law Enforcement and Ethics Committee. She is active with the Society of Women Engineers, and is a former board member of the Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network (WEPAN). Deborah has been featured in the books "Engineering Your Way to Success" and "Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering - No Universal Constants". She is one of the named supporters of Engineer's Week, 2002, "Introduce a Million Girls to Engineering" initiative.
She has been active in the Delaware community; as former president and board member of the Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council, and currently sits on their President's Advisory Council. Deborah is also a board member of the Delaware Zoological Society. Deborah is a past board member of the YWCA of New Castle County, and the Delaware State Board of Pharmacy. She has served as a Province President of her sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha, and is a recipient of their Alumnae Certificate of Merit. In 1994, Deborah was named an outstanding Chemical Engineering Alumna by the Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering, and is a recipient of the 1986 Trailblazer Award from the Delaware Alliance of Professional Women. She is a recent recipient of the Purdue Engineering Alumni Association Service Award.
Deborah was born in suburban Chicago and graduated with a BS in Chemical Engineering with Highest Distinction from Purdue University. She received a Winston Churchill Fellowship to attend Cambridge University in England, where she received a Certificate of PostGraduate Study in Chemical Engineering. She is a registered professional engineer in Delaware and is the engineer of record for DuPont. She is married to James B. Porter, Jr., and resides in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.