Ms. Deborah Grubbe, P.E.

• Former consultant, Columbia Accident Investigation Board
• Vice President – Group Safety; BP p.l.c.
  
• DuPont Corporate Director – Safety and Health (retired)

Ms. Deborah L. Grubbe is vice president – Group Safety, for BP plc. Based in London, she is accountable for providing global safety leadership in all business areas; exploration and production, refining and marketing, gas, solar, and renewables. Formerly, Deborah was employed by DuPont in Wilmington Delaware, USA, where she held corporate director positions in safety, operations, and engineering. Her many assignments have included capital project implementation, strategic safety assessments, manufacturing, management, and human resources.

Deborah received a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University and was a Winston Churchill Fellow at the University of Cambridge, England. She is the former co-chair of the Benchmarking and Metrics Committee of the Construction Industry Institute, and is vice chair of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. As part of the National Research Council, she has also advised the US Army on the demilitarization of the US chemical weapons stockpile. In 2002, Ms. Grubbe was honored as Engineer of the Year in the State of Delaware.

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