Debbie Bourne

Debbie Bourne was born and raised in the Bay Area until 1972 when she married her husband, Doug, and moved to Redding. She had previously spent many summers at her mom's best friend's home, where they rode horses in the Shasta Lake area, and fell in love with the area growing up.

She introduced her husband to Redding and the Trinity's shortly after they met in 1968, and he fell in love with it too! He is now a Retired General Contractor, and she has been at Century 21 Hilltop in Redding for the last 30 years.

Prior to that, she worked and managed Western Glass for nearly 15 years where they manufactured windows and she worked with contractors, architects, and the public with window designs, ordering, and coordinating installation.

Debbie and her husband have two daughters, Krystal and Cara, who are graduates of Shasta College and both were honor students. They went on to achieve their bachelor’s degrees and are said to be very happy young women who are both planning their weddings!

Debbie is also a graduate of Shasta College with an AA in Business Administration, and she self-taught herself Real Estate and obtained her Real Estate License in 1994.

She was also elected to the Gateway Unified School Board where she served for 30 years. During that same time, she was designated as a Trustee by Gateway to represent young high school students in the Shasta Trinity Regional Occupational Program, also known as - ROP, which she said she absolutely loved as she got to encourage young people to always have an important Skill in their back pocket!

Debbie and her family are absolutely crazy about cruising and just completed a 40-day trip to Australia and the South Pacific! Prior to that, a 30-day cruise from the Bahamas' to the Mediterranean and many, many countries there. They have also traveled other shorter trips where she described all as being fun!