Meet Debbie Harper

Deborah F. Harper, CPC, CERS

President – Harper Hewes Executive Search
Certified Employee Retention Specialist
Certified Personnel Consultant

Debbie Harper has been successful in the recruiting industry since 1987. After achieving senior certification and national recognition with an established international recruiting organization, she established Harper Hewes, Inc. in 1993. She is one of the first professionals in the US to have earned the designation as a Certified Employee Retention Specialist (CERS). Debbie participates in multiple formal and informal recruiting organizations. She has been a featured presenter at the Top Echelon national convention and has served on an advisory panel for US-Recruiters.com.

She is active in community and professional associations. As the first woman elected to the Board of Trustees of the 90-year-old Rochester District affiliate of the USGA, she served as both Secretary and Treasurer. She was instrumental in uniting the women’s golf community and integrating women players and events into the RDGA schedule. She also served as Vice President and board member for the Rochester Women’s Network, on the board and in leadership positions for the Association for Women in Computing she where she was awarded the AWC’s National President’s Award, and as founding trustee and past chair of the Rush-Henrietta Education Foundation. Debbie is a graduate of Purdue University. Her professional career includes sales, sales management, project management and operations. She is listed in “Who’s Who in American Women.”

To discuss your upcoming search and recruiting needs please contact Debbie Harper at 585.321.1700 or email her via our contact form.