Debra Holtzman, JD, MA, "The Safety Expert", is an internationally acclaimed child safety and health expert, baby planner and award-winning parenting author. Frequently appears on regional and national television and radio, she has been featured on The Today Show, Weekend Today, Dateline, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, The Associated Press Radio, Martha Stewart Living Radio, and in USA Weekend Magazine. Debra served as the official on-camera baby safety expert for the popular weekly Discovery Health series, Make Room for Baby. She was named an "Everyday Hero" by Reader's Digest and a "Woman Making a Difference" by Family Circle Magazine.
Debra has a law degree, an M.A. in occupational health and safety, a B.A. in communications, and is the mother of two children. She is the Honorary Co-Chair of Florida Safe Kids Coalition, a certified child passenger safety technician, and teaches infant and toddler safety, CPR, and sibling classes at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida. Her best-selling book, The Safe Baby: A Do-it Yourself Guide to Home Safety and Healthy Living (Sentient Publications, 2009) is in bookstores everywhere.
