Deborah W. Yue
2024 Alumni Service Award
Deborah W. “Debbie” Yue has been part of the Carnegie Mellon University community her entire life. The daughter of CMU alumni, she roamed the hallways as a child and later walked the commencement stage as a graduate.
She earned a bachelor of science in technical writing in 1989, but stayed connected to the university as a volunteer for the Carnegie Mellon Admission Council, attending college fairs and interviewing CMU applicants. She also participated in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ “Under Construction” and pre-law student programs.
In 2006, she served as the president of the CMU Alumni Association’s Northeast Ohio Network and worked with several dedicated Tartans to reinvigorate the network of alumni, parents, students and friends in the area. Debbie joined other alumni leaders on the CMU Alumni Association Board (AAB) in 2010, where she served on a number of committees with the goal of connecting the global alumni community with each other and the university. She was elected by her peers to serve as AAB president and an ex-officio trustee of the university’s Board of Trustees from 2016 to 2018. Since completing her term on the AAB in 2020, Debbie has remained engaged with the Northeast Ohio Network as well as the university and also continues to show her Tartan pride through philanthropy. In 2024, Debbie was named to the Dietrich College Board of Advisors.
Debbie earned her J.D. from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She concentrates her practice on insurance and general liability litigation, representing businesses, insurance companies and individuals in a wide variety of civil litigation. She currently serves as a senior defense attorney at Grange Insurance Company, where she represents the company and its insureds in litigation. In 2020, she was inducted by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine into the Executive Order of the Ohio Commodores, one of the state’s most distinguished honors, which recognizes Ohio business and thought leaders who are dedicated to the state’s economic development and growth.
An active volunteer in a number of professional and community organizations, Debbie serves as a mentor for the Ohio Supreme Court’s Lawyer to Lawyer mentoring program and has mentored a number of first-year law students and newly admitted attorneys. She is the president of the Board of Trustees of the Avon Lake Public Library and serves on the Board of Directors and as co-chair of the Inclusion Committee for JumpStart, Inc., which is an organization that supports regional business entrepreneurs. She is an active community leader in the Cleveland Asian Pacific American community and AsiaTown neighborhood.
