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Deborah Fowler

Co-Founder

Morristown, New Jersey, United States29 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in navigating complex healthcare communications.
  • Proven track record in patient advocacy and strategic initiatives.
  • Award-winning journalist with extensive media experience.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare Communications Expert with strong advocacy and media relations skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Healthcare CommunicationsPatient AdvocacyJournalismMedia Relations

Other Skills

Strategic initiativesCollaborationAdvocacyStrategic PlanningReportingLive CoverageNews ProductionAnchoringLive InterviewsStrategyBusiness StrategyPublic RelationsMultimediaPress ReleasesSocial Media

About

Deborah Fowler advises organizations and leadership teams operating in complex, highly scrutinized environments. With a background in broadcast journalism, healthcare communications, and international advocacy leadership, Fowler brings a disciplined, practical approach to strategy, messaging, and decision-making when accuracy, credibility, and trust matter most. Her work centers on helping executives and boards navigate moments of complexity while aligning science, policy, and human impact in ways that are clear, responsible, and sustainable. She is often engaged when organizations are facing inflection points: launches, regulatory milestones, public scrutiny, reputation issues or evolving stakeholder expectations. Colleagues describe Fowler as steady, thoughtful, and direct, known for anticipating downstream risk, asking the right questions early, and translating between technical experts, leadership teams, and external audiences. She helps organizations communicate with clarity and restraint, ensuring that messages can withstand both internal review and external scrutiny. Fowler has built and led large-scale advocacy efforts, advised senior leadership, and supported organizations across corporate, nonprofit, and mission-driven settings. Her perspective is shaped by both system-level experience and firsthand understanding of patient and stakeholder realities. As organizations look ahead amid increased complexity, accelerated information cycles, and heightened expectations, Fowler focuses on what endures: sound judgment, clear communication, and decisions that hold up over time. She is sought out for trusted counsel, practical insight, and an approach that prioritizes credibility over visibility and noise.

Experience

29 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
7 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
17 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Soft bones, inc.

Founder and President

Jan 2009Present · 17 yrs 4 mos · Boonton, NJ · Hybrid

  • Led strategic initiatives to drive greater awareness and improve care for patients affected by HPP.
  • Collaborated with VCs to assess real-world impact and unmet needs in biotech and pharmaceutical innovations.
  • Advocated for ethical and meaningful innovation to prioritize patient well-being.
Strategic initiativesCollaborationAdvocacyHealthcare CommunicationsPatient Advocacy

Green room communications

Managing Partner, Co-Founder

Sep 2008Present · 17 yrs 8 mos · Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

Original media concepts

President, Owner

Feb 2003Feb 2008 · 5 yrs

Dwj television

Media Director

Jan 2000Jan 2002 · 2 yrs · Ridgewood, NJ

Kdfw-tv fox 4 dallas-fort worth

Reporter/Associate Producer

Jan 1998Jan 2000 · 2 yrs · Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX

  • Worked as general assignment reporter for a variety of newscasts. Extensive live experience and spot news coverage, including anchor deskside.
ReportingLive CoverageNews ProductionJournalismMedia Relations

Wtvc-tv newschannel9

Anchor/Reporter

Jan 1995Jan 1998 · 3 yrs · Chattanooga

  • Award-winning journalist and anchor; host of weekend morning show Good Morning Saturday and Good Morning Sunday. General Assignment Reporter and also back up health reporter and anchor. Extensive live anchoring experience and live on-set and in the field interviews. Received recognition for 4-hour wall-to-wall spot news coverage of ice storm. Produced several award winning series, including Segregated Sundays, a piece on the religious segregation of churches in the South.
AnchoringReportingLive InterviewsJournalismMedia Relations

Education

Columbia University

Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

BA

The Pingry School

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