Deborah A. Coviello

Deb Coviello is the Founder of Illumination Partners and the host of The Drop In CEO

podcast. For more than twenty years, she has been transforming businesses from

within, elevating the talents of their organizations to new performance levels. Her

experience has taught her to put tremendous value on people, whom she considers

as the heart of every business.

When hiring a consultant, Deb knows that the primary goal will always be a

resolution to a problem. As The Drop In CEO Deb provides her clients with 25+

years worth of experience and strategy in Quality and Operational Excellence roles

combined with her 20 years in the Flavors and Fragrance industry, to identify, assess,

and solve the issues that are preventing their business growth. Certified as Lean and

Six Sigma Blackbelt in Process Improvement, she has also developed significant

leadership insight that “People’’ are your greatest tool in your toolbox. In order

to deliver on her promise of offering “peace of mind,” she focuses on utilizing the

talents of her client’s team and elevating them to new levels of performance, setting

them up to better serve their organization.

When she isn’t transforming businesses from within, Deb is a board member of

Women in Flavor & Fragrance Commerce, (WFFC), an avid Curler with the Cincinnati

Curling Club, a mother of 3 and resides in Cincinnati Ohio with her Husband Dan of

32 year