A graduate of Niagara College and Brock University Teachers College, Deborah Wolstenholme was an apprentice at the Shaw Festival, then taught at the Elementary and Community College level, worked in HR recruitment in the Oil Sector, and managed an International Executive search firm in Toronto.

Over the last 25 years Deborah has volunteered many hours, sitting on several boards, and actively raising funds for the Polo Training Foundation, which in 2008 named her Volunteer of the Year for North America. She and her husband Derek hosted the 2015 Federation of International Polo (FIP) Ambassadors Cup in Victoria, the first ever held in Canada. Their home was also the venue for Pacific Opera Victoria’s successful 2015 Hot Summer Night fundraiser.

Deborah joined the Pacific Opera Victoria Board in 2016 and enjoys using her love for opera and the theatre as well as her background in PR and creative thinking to help further the company’s mission.