Meet Deb
Deb Fitzgerald is an Associate Professor of Economics at Blue Ridge Community College (BRCC) who brought her classroom experience, planning and development background, and knowledge of city government to the Harrisonburg City School Board in 2016.
Her talent for organization and eye for details helps keep work on track, organized, and focused toward results. She has served as a dual-enrollment instructor for high school and college students, designed a college-level course around Virginia's state requirements for personal finance, and has experience designing and delivering courses for face-to-face, hybrid, and distance learning environments.
As the Harrisonburg City school system continues to grow and plans continue for new facilities, this background will be helpful to keep our schools on target to meeting the needs of our young people.
Jump to deb’s Experience:
With Christopher B. Jones and Deanna Renee Reed at the Harrisonburg Educational Roundtable.
In the Community
Vice Chair of Harrisonburg City School Board (2016)
Vice-Chair of Harrisonburg Planning Commission
NAACP member, member of in Legal Redress subcommittee
Chair of the Harrisonburg Democratic Committee
NorthEnd Greenway Treasurer
Founding Member of Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance
Graduate, Harrisonburg Citizen Academy and Harrisonburg Citizen Police Academy
Teaching the fundamentals of market systems to her class at Blue Riddge Community College.
In the Classroom
Creator of FitzEcon YouTube channel to enhance distance learning economics classes. The most popular video - on the MPC and the Multiplier- has more than 90K views.
Creator of Humans of BRCC to encourage students to celebrate and respect diversity Read more
Chair of BRCC's Faculty Senate for three terms
Lead of BRCC’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for re-accreditation. For hearty souls, here's the entire plan