Debra Martin Chase (born October 11, 1956) is an American film, television, and theater producer.
Chase was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, but moved with her family as a child to Pasadena, California.
In an interview with Essence magazine in 1997, she told journalist Audrey Edwards, "I'm the kid who was in the movie theater every Saturday."
After Sony brought Mark Canton in for the top job and Price gained a spot for Chase on the creative staff, before he left the company.
She currently executive produces The Equalizer TV series starring Queen Latifah for Universal Television and CBS which is in its fifth season.
Chase graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from Mount Holyoke College and the Harvard Law School.
Chase serves on the board of directors of B&G Foods, Inc., an American holding company for branded foods which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, where she chairs the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee; Bridge Investment Group, a publicly traded alternative asset management company; and Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust.