Corporate Spokesperson/Consultant

Debra Holtzman, J.D., M.A.

Debra Holtzman brings integrity, professional credentials, technical expertise and experience to your media campaign.

An internationally acclaimed safety and health expert, baby planner, and an award-winning parenting author, Debra is a respected consultant and spokesperson for high quality products and services that support children, motherhood, families and a healthy living lifestyle. She has a law degree, an M.A. in occupational health and safety (OSHA), a B.A. in communications and she is the mother of two children.

Debra is the Honorary Co-Chair of the Florida Safe Kids Coalition and teaches infant and toddler safety,  CPR, and sibling classes at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida.  She is a certified child passenger safety technician and an American Heart BLS CPR/AED instructor.

Her books, The Safe Baby (Sentient Publications, 2009 and 1st edition, 2004), and The Panic-Proof Parent (McGraw-Hill, 2000), have received rave reviews and endorsements from leading parenting authorities and safety and health organizations. The Safe Baby won the National Parenting Publication Gold Award, one of the country's most authoritative consumer-awards recognizing the best in children's and parenting resources. Debra was also the child safety consultant for the nationally distributed video program Safety Starts at Home: The Essential Childproofing Guide (InJoy Videos).

Debra has been featured as safety expert on hundreds of radio and television shows around the world, including NBC's Today Show, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, Weekend Today, Dateline NBC, CNBC Asia Market Watch, MSNBC, John Walsh Show, The Daily Buzz, Washington Post Radio, "You, The Owner's Manual" hosted by Dr. Michael Roizen (who was regularly featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show), Associated Press Radio, NPR, Bloomberg News, and Martha Stewart Living Radio. Debra also appeared weekly on the popular Discovery Health series, Make Room for Baby. She has been quoted in Parents, Newsweek, Child, Parenting, Fit Pregnancy, USA Weekend Magazine, People, Star, Us Weekly, First For Women, Woman's World, This Old House, Family Circle, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, America Online (AOL) Homepage, UPI, Washington Times, Toronto Star, ABC News and Washington Post.