Deborah Knuckey

Deborah Knuckey "is an author, marketing consultant, and real estate specialist. She has written two personal-finance books, been a TV/radio spokesperson for several national media campaigns, and consulted companies on marketing and media issues as a Vice President/Group Manager at Ketchum Public Relations and as a self-employed consultant. She was also a management consultant with McKinsey & Co., and a journalist and section editor at a national newspaper in Australia. She currently works with investors, developers, and home owners in residential real estate sales.

"Ms. Knuckey earned an M.B.A. in marketing from UCLA in 1993. She was a Rotary International Graduate Scholar and a Sandy Sigiloff Scholar, and was awarded the IBM prize for marketing. She also completed The Washington Program for M.B.A. students.

"A resident of Washington, D.C., since 1996, her interests include travel and real estate. She has volunteered at WAMU and Habitat for Humanity, and completed the Royal Geographic Society's polar expedition training and NOLS' mountaineering program. Ms. Knuckey is currently Chair of the FONZ Board’s Membership Committee."


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