Deborah Lasher is a Senior Field Clinical Research Specialist with the Diabetes business unit of Medtronic, Inc, a global medical device company. After receiving an RN from a hospital-based diploma program, Deb continued her education at the University of Minnesota where she received a B.A Summa Cum Laude in Speech Communication and a Master of Public Health in Community Health Education. She served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Association of Clinical Research Professionals in 2008 and has over twenty years of experience in the clinical research arena.