Dr. Deborah L. Tillman is a Consultant, Speaker, Author, Founder of Happy Home Christian Leadership Academy for Early Learners, Inc. and “America’s Supernanny” on Lifetime Television. Labeled “A Force for Good” by The Washington Post, Tillman has a deep passion for children. She began her career over a decade ago when she became frustrated with the lack of quality childcare her son was receiving and as a result, quit her very lucrative accounting job and started her very successful childcare center in 1994.

Dr. Deborah holds a Master’ Degree in Early Childhood Special Education from George Washington University and a Doctorate in Education from the Richmond Virginia Seminary. She has also studied at Oxford University, Magdalen College in England. Deborah is currently enrolled at the John Leland School of Theology receiving a Master’s Degree in Christian Leadership. Among her many accomplishments, she has been a recurring parenting expert on the HARRY and Steve Harvey Daytime Talk Shows and contributed articles to Gospel Today, Essence and Ebony magazines.

She has also been seen on The View, Today Show, Katie Show, Wendy Williams, Great Day Washington and CNN to name a few.

In 2019, Dr. Deborah became the President of the John C. Maxwell Parenting and Family Certification Program nationally and internationally.

Dr. Deborah is the author of Stepping out On Faith - How to Open a Quality Childcare Center and Parenting on Purpose : A Menu for Raising Children in Today’s Society. She also created her own Preschool curriculum entitled “The Guiding Light:” for infants through five years old.

Lifetime Television executives have called her “a miracle worker” but Deborah humbly states that she is “a proud mom” and humble servant doing the work of the Lord with a LIGHT shining bright for children and families everywhere.