Deb Burnight, President – Facilitated Resources, is a certified professional facilitator with over twenty-five years of experience in community collaboration, board and corporate training, and facilitation.  A graduate of the University of Iowa and a former elementary and middle school teacher, Deb blends a rich background from her work with educational, private, government, corporate and not-for-profit sectors with solid facilitation skills to help groups communicate and work together effectively.  Deb is professionally affiliated with the International Association of Facilitators and the ToP (Technology of Participation) Network.  She founded Prairie River Partners training consortium and serves as a regional training registrar and national Mentor Trainer for the Institute of Cultural Affairs-USA.

Deb and her husband Randy live on a small acreage in the Loess Hills outside Sioux City, Iowa, where they enjoy their native prairie restoration project and a rather noisy family of productive chickens.