Steve Irwin Quartermaster, 2011
Deborah Bassett was born and raised in Connecticut. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Sociology & Anthropology from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Fluent in French and Spanish, Deborah has participated in various study abroad programs and completed an International Public Relations internship at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mazatlan, Mexico.
Deborah has traveled the globe extensively raising awareness and funding for various environmental causes and social initiatives. She has volunteered in the field from tsunami relief in southern Thailand, to Habitat for Humanity in rural El Salvador, to jaguar conservation in the heart of Mexico's Selva Maya Rainforest. Throughout the years she has worked directly with such organizations as Amazon Watch, Global Green USA, Rainforest2Reef, Earth Island Institute, The Clinton Global Initiative, TEDx SF and The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
In 2007 Deborah joined a crew of pro surfers and celebrity activists in a paddle out ceremony to expose the annual slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan, as featured in the 2010 Academy Award winning film, The Cove. In 2012, she participated in a campaign to end the pilot whale slaughter in the Faroe Islands as featured on Discovery's Animal Planet series, Whale Wars: Viking Shores.
Currently based in Southern California, Deborah works as a consultant for various non profit organizations, specializing in public relations, fundraising and events planning. She is a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post, National Geographic, The Ecologist, and Elephant Journal. Various examples of her work and the projects to which she has contributed are showcased throughout this website.
Deborah has traveled the globe extensively raising awareness and funding for various environmental causes and social initiatives. She has volunteered in the field from tsunami relief in southern Thailand, to Habitat for Humanity in rural El Salvador, to jaguar conservation in the heart of Mexico's Selva Maya Rainforest. Throughout the years she has worked directly with such organizations as Amazon Watch, Global Green USA, Rainforest2Reef, Earth Island Institute, The Clinton Global Initiative, TEDx SF and The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
In 2007 Deborah joined a crew of pro surfers and celebrity activists in a paddle out ceremony to expose the annual slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan, as featured in the 2010 Academy Award winning film, The Cove. In 2012, she participated in a campaign to end the pilot whale slaughter in the Faroe Islands as featured on Discovery's Animal Planet series, Whale Wars: Viking Shores.
Currently based in Southern California, Deborah works as a consultant for various non profit organizations, specializing in public relations, fundraising and events planning. She is a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post, National Geographic, The Ecologist, and Elephant Journal. Various examples of her work and the projects to which she has contributed are showcased throughout this website.
