In 1982, she became the first Executive Director of the Texas Council on Family Violence, a position she held until 1996. As Executive Director, she assisted communities throughout Texas to establish shelters and other services for battered women, initiated batterer's intervention programs and represented battered women and advocacy agencies before the Texas Legislature. In this role, she promoted laws and policies to improve the criminal justice and health and human service systems’ responses to domestic violence. Under her leadership, the Texas Council grew to be one of the largest state coalitions in the country with over 50 staff providing training and technical assistance, public education and advocacy. The Texas Council started the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-SAFE and 1-800-787-3224 TTY), a valuable 24/7 service for all U.S. states and territories.

In August 1996, Debby joined Sarah M. Buel, JD, in opening Tucker, Buel and Associates, a consulting firm offering customized consultation and training to end violence against women. In this capacity, Debby drew upon her experiences and knowledge to assist a wide variety of professional and advocacy groups in combating violence against women.

In May 1998, Sarah and Debby co-founded the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCDSV) to sponsor national conferences and provide customized training and consultation nationwide. She is the National Center's Executive Director. The National Center trains and collaborates with law enforcement, legal system agencies, advocacy organizations, social service agencies, the military and other community entities nationwide to strengthen their response to domestic and sexual violence. In addition, the National Center’s award-winning website is a resource on a variety of issues related to violence against women. 

Debby has extensive experience on the national level.  For three years she served as Co-Chair of the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence.  She served as founding Chair of the National Network to End Domestic Violence and helped write and pass the original Violence Against Women Act in 1994. She also assisted in writing and passing the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act passed in 2005. She is a member of the State Farm Insurance Initiated Corporate Alliance to End Domestic Violence and the Board of Texans Against Gun Violence.

She has been nationally recognized for her leadership as a recipient of the National Network to End Domestic Violence’s Standing in the Light of Justice Award and Marshall 's Domestic Violence Peace Prize. She has also been honored by the National Association of Social Workers. Debby received the YWCA's Outstanding Achievement Award and the Texas Council on Family Violence established the Deborah D. Tucker Staff Achievement Award of which she was the first recipient. The National College of District Attorney's honored Debby with their Stephen L. Von Riesen Lecturer of Merit Award. In July 2004, Lifetime Television honored Debby as part of their Times Square Project. E-mail Debby at dtucker@ncdsv.org.

Christina has worked in the battered women's movement since 1992. She started working for the National Center in 1998. She manages the Center's technical assistance program, assists in the design of training and is responsible for the agency's media relations, marketing and communications efforts, including the award-winning website. During her tenure with the National Center, she assisted in writing and edited the 36-hour Domestic Violence Train-the-Trainer Program for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. In addition, she assisted in writing and edited the 16-hour Rural Law Enforcement Training: Domestic Violence Intervention and Investigation with the National Sheriffs' Association.

Prior to joining the Center, she worked for six years at the Texas Council on Family Violence. Her primary responsibilities were public relations related, with significant involvement in the public policy efforts. During her tenure at the Council, she edited and wrote the newsletter, The River, coordinated the statewide Texas Silent Witness march, developed and assisted in the implementation of the national public relations plan to launch the National Domestic Violence Hotline, managed the media relations efforts and served as agency spokesperson. She is a former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Texas Advocacy Project in Austin, Texas, a statewide nonprofit legal organization for victims of domestic violence. She is an award-winning communicator and a graduate of the Leadership Texas program. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Theatre from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, where she received the Alumnae Leadership and Service Award – Outstanding Graduate. E-mail Christina at cwalsh@ncdsv.org.

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Randy was the National Center’s Website Coordinator from 2003-2005. He has extensive experience in the public technology and multimedia sector. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin, he worked for Apple Computer, Inc., the Austin Convention Center and Dell Computer Corporation among other varied multimedia positions.

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