IPTL Staff

DEBRA R. HULTQUIST, Director of Operations

Debra R. Hultquist has been the Director of Operations of IPTL since 1997. Ms. Hultquist previously was Public Health Nutrition Consultant in Maternal and Child Health Programs for the State of North Carolina for nine years, prior to which she served for eight years as Director of Nutrition Services for the Wilson County Public Heath Department, after three years as Clinical Dietitian for North Carolina Respiratory Care Hospital in Wilson, NC. Ms. Hultquist received degrees of B.S. and M.S., Food, Nutrition, and Institution Management (with concentration in Management) at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Debra is responsible for all operational matters of IPTL, including personnel, risk management, accounting and marketing functions of the firm.

JOYCE GEVIRTZMAN, Accounts Manager

Joyce Gevirtzman joined IPTL in June of 2004. Previously, Ms. Gevirtzman had been an information specialist, conducting business and patent research in both private and public corporations including Powerware Corporation, Center for Technology Commercialization, Duracell, Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation. Earlier in her career, she owned and operated an information services business involved in patent and trademark research. Ms. Gevirtzman holds a Master of Education degree from Boston University and a Master of Library & Information Sciences degree from Simmons College.