Debra I. Miles.

• Author: Heffes, Ellen M.
• Position: HCR Manor Care director of accounting - Occupation overview

Debra Miles especially enjoys her role in the health-care field now, with the national focus on issues related to health-care reform taking shape. In fact, she'd like to spend time with the MedPAC Commission. This is an independent congressional agency that was established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to advise the U.S. Congress on issues affecting Medicare.

Goes By: Deb

Title: Director of Accounting

Company: HCR Manor Care, a healthcare provider with headquarters in Toledo, Ohio

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Born: Adrian, Michigan; September 1951

Spouse: Thomas Miles, for 36 years

Family: Children: Nathan, 32, Becky, 30, Daniel, 28, and 6 grandchildren: Grace, 5, Miles, 5, John, 3, Owen, 2, Caleb, 1, Sarah, 1

Education Summary: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, accounting specialization, from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio; CPA licensed in Ohio

Career Summary: Toledo Hospital, 1988-89, Financial Analyst; Debra Miles, CPA self-employed, 1989-92; Bowling Green State University, 1992-95, Director of Chemisty Operations; Forrester Wehrle Homes, Controller, 1995-96; HCR Manor Care, Director of Accounting, 1996 to present.

Board of Directors Service: Junior Achievement Toledo, City of Toledo Audit Advisory Board, Great Lakes Credit Union, Komen Race for the Cure-Toledo.

FEI Chapter: Toledo Chapter for 5 years; currently Chapter President.

Leisure: Running, yoga, hiking, fitness, reading, time with family and travel. Two memorable experiences were: A trip to Israel in 2006 with my daughter's seminary class and a Honduras medical/construction mission trip in 2003.

Time Management: Live each day as if it may be your last. Also, as a morning person--with highest energy in the morning--I try to reserve that time for key meetings, studying and problem-solving. Running and yoga reenergize and focus me later in the day. The Black-Berry is a wonderful invention! And, I delegate to highly competent individuals.

Stress Management: Running, yoga, fitness, music, reading ... and laughing!

Favorite Books: Among my favorite recent reads are The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, Today Matters, by John Maxwell, and Getting to Yes, by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury and Bruce Patton, which is a book on...