Debra Sabatini Hennelly, J.D.
President and Senior Advisor
Debbie Hennelly is President of CES and a Senior Advisor.  Prior to
founding CES, she spent almost 15 years developing and implementing
compliance programs for organizations ranging from small companies to
some of the largest multinationals.  She has spent over 10 years in-
house at AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Avaya, BP and Avon Products,
with responsibilities ranging from environmental and safety management
systems to global compliance programs covering a wide range of legal
and ethical issues.  She also advised other multinational companies on
compliance and ethics program implementation while serving as vice
president & general counsel of Integrity Interactive and as a senior
knowledge leader with LRN.    

Earlier in her career, Debbie practiced environmental law with Bryan
Cave in Washington, DC, and with Riker Danzig in New Jersey.  
Previously, she supervised construction for Exxon Company, USA.  

Debbie earned her B.S.E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from
Duke University, and she received her J.D. from the University of
Virginia School of Law.  

Debbie has written and lectured extensively on compliance, ethics and
leadership issues. She is a past Chair of the Association of Corporate
Counsel’s Environmental Law Committee and past Assistant Chair of
ACC-Europe’s Compliance & Ethics Committee.  She served on the
Alumni Council of the University of Virginia School of Law and is
currently a member of its Alumni Association Advisory Committee.  


Debbie serves on the Board of Trustees of the Brookside Community
Church and sings in its choir.