DEBRA GAUTHIER, Author/Public Speaker Ms. Gauthier is the author of "Bright Lights, Dark Places" and a motivational speaker. She was a distinguished police officer on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department where she served for 21 years. Her career began in 1980 as the first female officer hired under the same standards as the men. She quickly moved up the ranks and made Sergeant after only four years on patrol. As she paved the way for other female officers, Ms. Gauthier became the first female sergeant on the academy staff, pioneered a new bicycle patrol on the Las Vegas Strip and start...