Deb Calhoun

Senior Vice President, Waterways Council, Inc.

Deb manages the communications and media relations program, as well as membership, for Waterways Council, Inc. She has worked with WCI since its inception in 2003, and developed the communications program of its predecessor organization, Waterways Work!

She has served as President/CEO of Colbert Communications, a maritime communications consultancy practice, and in public affairs and communications for the American Waterways Operators, the Telecommunications Industry Association, and the Aerospace Industries Association.

She received the National Achievement Award from the National Rivers Hall of Fame in 2019 for “being one of the most tireless and effective advocates for the value of our nation’s waterways in modern times.”