Debra Purrazzella's Email & Phone

Since Debbie joined the Southcoast Partners team, she has successfully placed top commercial and multifamily real estate talent in operations management, development and construction, and finance with clients from Seattle to Miami. She came to Southcoast Partners from a recruitment position with Administaff, Inc., a leading Professional Employer Organization, where her searches ran the gamut from entry level sales positions to top management spots for start-up internet companies. After completing undergraduate studies in Journalism at Oklahoma State University, Debbie spent the early years of her career as a Public Information Officer and writer/editor for the federal government, working for the Departments of Defense, Labor and Energy in Washington, DC. She then moved into the private sector as assistant Director of Communications for the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, before joining the public relations staff at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston as News Media Coordinator and feature writer. Her award-winning articles have covered a wide range of topics, from real estate investment and small business development, to oil exploration and cancer research. Debbie has been a member of the American Business Women's Association, the Public Relations Society of America and Women in Communications, and she is currently a member of the Greater Houston Homebuilders Association. She earned her Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) designation through the National Association of Personnel Services.