Leadership Granbury: Debra Temple

Debra Temple is a member of Leadership Granbury. She is currently an Administrator at Baylor Scott and White in Granbury and has been there for 11 years.

As an administrator, Temple is over the whole facility. Temple oversees finances, scheduling, and much more.

Temple has been in the medical field for 41 years and started her career right out of high school. She has been in Granbury for 29 years.

Leadership is a quality that Temple has possessed for a long time and started leading in Granbury after becoming a part of the chamber. She wanted to get the name of Baylor Scott and White out to the community of Granbury.

Temple recently became a board member of the chamber and most recently a member of Leadership Granbury. Friends of Temple told her how great Leadership Granbury was, and so she decided to check it out.

After taking the nine-month long classes, she realized she could make the class even better. This last year she was selected as one of the heads of the class after being voted in by the board.

Temple thinks that having empathy and being a good communicator are some of the most important qualities of being a leader.

She highly recommends for those interested in leadership to apply for Leadership Granbury.

“Leadership Granbury has opened up doors that I would not even come across. It’s the relationships, the networking, and the friends that you make that make it amazing,” Temple said. “You learn so much about this community.”

To become a member of Leadership Granbury, you must write an essay, and attend monthly classes for nine months. The leadership only takes 25 applicants a year. Temple says it is a big commitment to be a part of but extremely rewarding.

For more information on Leadership Granbury visit leadershipgranbury.com