POMA Outdoor Speakers Bureau

Topics

Step Outside Your Comfort Zone:

 [30 to 45 minutes]

visit www.Babeswithbullets.com for video/description.

Ways to work successfully with mainstream media on a pro-gun story:

 [30 to 45 minutes]

visit www.BabeswithBullets.com for video/description.

About the Speaker

Speaking History:

NBC Nightly News, ABC/CBS/Fox news affiliates, Second Amendment national conference, cross country speaking programs for Cabela's and Bass Pro stores, weekly radio show.

Core message:

Encouraging women (especially from urban/suburban settings) to step outside their comfort zone and try a variety of shooting sports.

Bio

Biography for Deb Ferns. . .

Education Level: BA in Business Communications from Oakland University and MBA from Central Michigan University.

Career History: Deb has spent over two decades as a corporate meeting planning and event producer, which includes production of Blue Angels and Thunderbirds airshows. Deb moved, with her husband (Gary) and their two daughters, from Detroit to Tucson in 1986. She started a special events company in 1991 (still operating) and went on to build and operate a corporate retreat facility in Tucson.

Current Career Achievements
* Author of Babes With Bullets…Women Having Fun With Guns ™
* Camp organizer for Babes With Bullets ™ ladies action pistol camps offered
across the U.S. since 2005. (Camps sponsored by Smith & Wesson, NSSF and
United States Practical Shooting Association.)
* Executive producer of feature series, Ladies Adventure Camps ™
* Co-host of Business And Banter radio show, streamed live on KVOI.com
* Motivational speaker, theme of “Life Outside Your Comfort Zone” and “Life Is
NOT a Dress Rehearsal.”

Awards: Ferns won “Southern Arizona Small Business of the Year” in 2001. In June 2002 she was honored by Working Woman Magazine (national publication), winning awards for Entrepreneurial Excellence. In April 2004 she was received the Cox Media annual “Success Woman of the Year.”

Associations & Affiliations: Deb is an active member of the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA), National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), National Rifle Association (NRA), National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), Second Amendment Sisters (SAS), and she is a life member of Girl Scouts of America.

Passions: Deb enjoys a wide variety of shooting sports, though her favorite is 3-gun SWAT competitions utilizing a rifle, pistol and shotgun. She teaches Hatha yoga and enjoys hobbies of fishing, horseback riding and water sports.