Debra Garner

Debra Garner is a seasoned financial services and insurance professional with nearly three decades of experience supporting individuals, families, and military communities. Her career began in Alaska, where she worked for the Internal Revenue Service as a collector, specializing in tax cases involving commercial fishermen whose filing requirements differ from those of most taxpayers. She later worked alongside a psychiatrist conducting interviews with soldiers who were receiving treatment for medication dependency issues. These early roles strengthened her ability to navigate complex financial and personal situations, laying the foundation for a long and impactful career in financial and insurance services.

Debra later transitioned into the financial sector, working with military pay operations and serving in the banking industry as a title clerk for a credit union while also selling used cars to military personnel. Her journey into life insurance began in the 1980s when she connected with a representative from Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company. After successfully completing her licensing exam at Fort Hood, Texas, she began selling life insurance and investment products to active-duty soldiers and retired federal workers. When she later transferred to Germany, she continued serving retirees, active-duty military personnel, and civilians. Debra retired from Boston Mutual in 2007 after being diagnosed with breast cancer, concluding a distinguished chapter of service helping clients protect their financial futures.

Now retired from full-time insurance work, Debra continues to stay active professionally by providing consultation and advisory services in life insurance and real estate. She also works as an Independent Distributor with It Works! and serves part-time as an Assistant Manager at Cato Corporation, where she enjoys helping customers reach their health, beauty, and lifestyle goals. Debra earned a Bachelor of Science in Hospital Administration with a focus in Human Resources Management and Services from Southern New Hampshire University. Inspired by her own experience with cancer, she hopes to dedicate the next chapter of her life to working with children battling cancer, continuing her lifelong commitment to helping others.

• Licensed evangelist
• Certified 50 hrs, Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General

• University of Alaska Anchorage - AA

• Breast cancer awareness fundraising (annual October events)
• Community Bible study teaching