Debra S. Shears, CEBS, CHRS, GBDS, Partner, Weiner Benefits Group in Wilmington, Delaware, has been designated a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist® (CEBS) by the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Shears, who has been in the insurance industry for 28 years, qualified for the designation by passing a series of college level national examinations on employee benefits subjects, and by meeting and attesting to high standards of business and professional conduct.  Ms. Shears is one of more than 14,000 graduates.

Ms. Shears is also a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU), as well as a Board Member of the Delaware Association of Health Underwriters (DAHU) and is a Certified Healthcare Reform Specialist (CHRS) as well as a Group Benefits Disability Specialist (GBDS).