Debra Reed has worked at UVA for over 30 years, with over 20 of those years dedicated to the Gordie Center and its predecessors. After a brief retirement, she returned to the Gordie Center in a part-time capacity as the APPLE Training Institute Planner. The NCAA-funded APPLE Training Institute is the leading national strategic training program for substance misuse prevention and health promotion for student-athletes and athletics departments. Debra is responsible for many of the logistics, such as hotel arrangements, contract negotiation and budget management, for three annual national training institutes.