Deborah Lynn Shaw (60) of Bethesda, Maryland passed away in earlier this month from ALS, a disease that currently has a zero percent survival rate, but with research and advocacy may have a treatment or cure in the future.

Deborah was born on May 3,1964 to Jay and Phyllis Reiss in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her childhood with her siblings Susan Ariel and Steve Reiss in both Ohio and New Jersey before earning a B.A. at Tufts University where she studied political science, and then received a MBA from Georgetown University. During her time at Tufts she was an editor for the daily newspaper, lived in the Jewish Cultural House or Bayit, and spent a semester abroad in London.

Deborah's proudest accomplishment was her close relationships with her daughters Rebecca and Rachel together with her nearly 34 year marriage to Marvin.  In her free time, Deborah enjoyed traveling with her family to places like London, Paris, and Italy, spending time at the Delaware beaches and Captiva/Sanibel Islands, exploring wineries across the United States, spending time at parks in the DMV area, and hanging out with the family labradoodles, Happy, Hershey, and Hannah.  She also loved orchestrating events, particularly the March 2024 wedding of Rebecca Shaw-Rossignol and Dan Shaw-Rossignol.

Careerwise, Deborah was an Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) and a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP). She was most recently a Senior Technology Specialist in the FDIC's Technology Supervision Branch, Division of Risk Management Supervision. Deborah was involved with monitoring developments and educating on payments systems as well as facilitating groups focused on understanding the changing payments landscape.  When Russia invaded the Ukraine, Deborah provided the briefing materials about potential sanctions involving international payment systems for the FDIC chairman and the Biden White House.

She also was a Retail Payments Risk Expert with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta working with financial industry participants to sponsor dialogue and research issues promoting risk mitigation within retail payments. Deborah worked at NACHA for almost twenty five years. At NACHA, Deborah served in the management team as Managing Director, Network Risk Management & Enforcement.  She also had managed the NACHA Rule Making Process for over a decade.

In addition to being survived by her husband, Marvin Shaw, and her daughters Rebecca Shaw-Rossignol (Spouse: Daniel) and Rachel Shaw., she is also survived by her father Jay Reiss, siblings Susan Ariel (Spouse :Isaac and Children: Michael, Maya, and Tamar) and Steve Reiss (Spouse: Rena and Children: Sam and Mollie).

Her memorial service will take place at 2 pm at the Gardens of Remembrance Chapel in Clarksburg, MD.on August 1, 2024 at 2 PM ( https://gardenofremembrance.org ), followed by a Shiva.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the advocacy organization,  I AM ALS, at https://www.iamals.org/give/

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