Debbie Petrine

Deborah “Debbie” Martin Petrine earned her B.S. from the Pamplin College of Business in 1978. She is president and chief executive officer of CCR (Commonwealth Care of Roanoke Inc.), which owns and operates 12 long-term-care facilities in Virginia. She is a member of the cabinet of the Pamplin Advisory Council and also is a member of the Roanoke Valley Hokie Club.  Petrine served on the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors 2011-2019. She was the first woman to be elected Rector of the Board, a position she held from 2014-2016. Petrine has also served on the boards of directors for the Virginia Tech Foundation and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Additionally, Petrine served on the advisory boards for the Virginia Tech Center for Gerontology and for the Management Department of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business. In 2005, Petrine received the Virginia Health Care Association’s James G. Dutton Award for lifetime achievement in the long-term-care field in the commonwealth. She received the Pamplin Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011, and the Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 2021.