From Coast to Coast
Making History in Music City
Home Means Nevada
Get to Know Sterling Silver Club Member Deborah Fennel
You may recognize Debe Fennell from the Senior Care Plus advertising campaign that premiered last October . Debe is a Reno resident who enjoys staying busy with her career , gardening , music and more . We ’ re excited to introduce her as our featured Sterling Silver Club member for this fall .
From Coast to Coast
Debe was born in 1949 in the historical city of Elmira , New York . Debe and her family moved from Elmira to Kentucky in 1950 , where they lived until Debe was 14 . Debe grew up with three sisters and two brothers . Her family moved to Arkansas in 1964 and lived there until 1970 . After high school , Debe traveled to London with a group of missionaries to sing at the Lambeth Conference . When she returned , she went to the University of Arkansas - Little Rock for a couple of years before moving to Reno , Nevada in 1970 .
Debe spent the next 15 years in Reno , enjoying life as a self-proclaimed ski bum and working at various jobs . Her first job in Reno was at the YMCA of the Sierra on Foster Drive , before Debe completed dealer school through Harrah ’ s Casino and became a high-limit blackjack dealer . In 1985 , Debe moved from Reno to Nashville , where she began an exciting career in the music industry .
Making History in Music City
Debe ’ s first job in Nashville was working as a journalist for a music publication . Her other business ventures included being a talent coordinator for nationally syndicated radio shows and a national records promotion executive for Sony / BMG , Curb Records , Magnatone Records and Giant Records . She was one of very few female Vice Presidents in the music industry in Nashville at the time , and she worked for many big names in country music , including Tim McGraw and Randy Travis .
Home Means Nevada
In 2000 , Debe decided it was time for a change and made her make her way back to Reno , where her family had built strong ties with the community and with Renown Health . Debe worked for Dickson Realty , which her sister Fianna Dickson Combs founded more than 50 years ago . In 1987 , Dickson Realty was acquired by Debe and
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