About COMT
Deborah L. Biggs, J.D.
Deborah has worked for over twenty years in health care and higher education in consulting, for large public academic medical centers (AMC) and a start-up medical school. Deborah is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and General Counsel for COMT. Deborah is a health lawyer with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, the regulatory framework across an AMC, governance models, funds flow and policy and procedure development and deployment. Debrorah has experience in the management, transformation and development, implementation and performance improvement of organizations and programs.
Prior to joining COMT, Deborah was a Senior Director in the AMC practice at Huron. Before her role at Huron, Deborah served as the Senior Associate Dean/COO for the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. In this position, Deborah was responsible for all administrative operations, including finance, human resources, information technology, facilities, compliance, legal, marketing, communications, and risk management. Deborah served in a similar role for a new start-up medical school, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, and was a team lead in the successful accreditation of the school. Prior to her most recent positions, Deborah worked at the University of Michigan Medical School and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Medical School for over 17 years.
Deborah received a Bachelor of Arts degree in in International Relations from the James Madison College of Michigan State University. She received her Juris Doctorate from the Thomas Cooley Law School.
