Deborah Heiser
- Applied Developmental Psychologist, TEDx speaker, and CEO/Founder of The Mentor Project
Biography
Deborah Heiser, PhD is an Applied Developmental Psychologist with a specialty in aging. She specializes in coaching succession and transitions. She is the Founder and CEO of The Mentor Project, a TEDX Speaker, a researcher and author, a Psychology Today contributor, and an Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at SUNY Old Westbury. She has been recognized by Thinkers50 Radar 2022 and 100 Coaches.
Deborah has authored peer-reviewed articles, is co-editor of Spiritual Assessment and Intervention with Older Adults, and is a frequent expert guest for syndicated and local talk radio shows, international and local podcasts, and print and online media outlets.
Her research covers a wide range of topics related to aging, including depression identification, dementia, and frailty. In this work, she has received grants from NIA/NIH and Pfizer. Deborah received an international award for her research on depression identification, and she served as President of SSANY and Queens Psychological Association of New York.
