Deborah Wood Blevins was the Managing Deputy Commissioner of the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission Alternative Dispute Resolution Department. She is a 1980 honors graduate from Swarthmore College and a 1983 graduate of the University Of Virginia School Of Law. Deputy Commissioner Blevins was a partner in Gilmer, Sadler, Ingram, Sutherland, & Hutton, LLP in Pulaski, Virginia prior to joining the Commission in 2004. She is a mediator certified by the Judicial Council of the Virginia Supreme Court and a mediator mentor and trainer. Deputy Commissioner Blevins is Chair of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards & Commissions (IAIABC), a Fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, and was recognized by Virginia Lawyers’ Weekly in 2020 as an Influential Woman in the Law.