Debra Davis-Galliard
Recipient of the Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award, 2023
Nominated by a member of The Little Garden Club of Rye
Debra Davis-Galliard had a successful career in the I/T industry. After thirty years, she returned to school for a higher-education degree to teach chemistry, earth, and general science to fifth through twelfth graders. She supported her middle-school students’ effort to test re-populating oysters in Rye Harbor. When a storm destroyed their research station, Debra led her students in starting over from scratch. Debra instills in her students a responsibility to be gatekeepers for their environment.