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Speakers

Leadership Delaware has the honor of working with a wide variety of Delaware's leaders to speak to our classes. These individuals represent all political affiliations, backgrounds, and industries.

View the biographies of our 2026 speakers here:

February - March - April - May 

2026 SPEAKERS

February Sessions

Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

Theme: Launching Our Immersion into All Things Delaware


  • Kenan Sklenar - Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore
  • Noah Olson - Delaware Prosperity Partnership
  • Wendy Smith, PhD - University of Delaware
  • Secretary LaKresha Moultrie - Delaware Department of Labor
  • Lt. Governor Kyle Evans-Gay - State of Delaware
  • Senator Bryan Townsend - State of Delaware
  • Dr. Neil Hockstein - Delaware Health Care Commission
  • Doneene Damon, Esq - Richards, Layton, & Finger
  • Allison Levine - Spotlight Delaware
  • Senator Brian Pettyjohn - State of Delaware
  • Andrea Godfrey - Delaware Office of Management and Budget
  • Dave Tiberi - Donate Delaware

March Sessions

Duck Creek Regional Library

Theme: Education and Equity


  • Britney Mumford - DelawareKidsCAN
  • Aaron Bass, EdD - Eastside Charter School
  • Jeffrey T. Benson Jr, DBA - Prominent Insurance Services
  • Michelle Wall - Office of Women's Advancement & Advocacy
  • Secretary Cindy Marten - Delaware Department of Education
  • Sen. Elizabeth Lockman - State of Delaware
  • Dr. Julia Keleher - First State Educate
  • CMC Charles Baldwin - Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs
  • Kendall Massett - Delaware Charter Schools Network
  • Jeff Taschner - Delaware State Education Association
  • Stephanie Ingram - Delaware State Education Association
  • Taylor Hawk - Delaware State Education Association
  • Mark T. Brainard, JD - Delaware Technical Community College
  • Joanna Staib - Office of Workforce Development
  • Patti Grimes - Freeman Arts Pavilion & Carl M. Freeman Foundation
  • Lindsay Richard - Freeman Arts Pavilion & Carl M. Freeman Foundation
  • Dr. Dorrell Green - Red Clay Consolidated School District
  • Jenna DiEleuterio, EdD - Talley Middle School

April Sessions

The WRK Group: Teen Warehouse & The Delaware Art Museum

Theme: Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Leadership


  • Cathy Kanefsky - Food Bank of Delaware
  • Sheila Bravo, MBA, PhD - Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement
  • Logan Herring, Sr. - The WRK Group
  • Jarrett Royster - YMCA of Delaware
  • Patrick Carroll - Humane Animal Partners of Delaware
  • Kim Eppehimer - One Big House
  • There du Pont - Longwood Foundation
  • Stuart Comstock-Gay - Delaware Community Foundation
  • Laura A. Carlson - University of Delaware
  • Molly Giordano - Delaware Art Museum
  • John Wellons - Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware
  • Dr. Lani Nelson-Zlupko - LNZ Consulting

May Sessions

Freeman Arts Pavilion

Theme: All Things Sussex County


  • David Tam, MD - Beebe Healthcare
  • Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester 
  • Chris Perdue - Perdue Farms, Inc.
  • Alexander J. Pires, Esq. - Highway One Companies
  • Rachel Hersh - La Red Healthcare
  • Rony Baltazar - Delaware Hispanic Commission
  • Todd Lawson - Sussex County Council
  • Doug Hudson - Sussex County Council
  • Rich Borrasso - Sussex Preservation Coalition
  • Jonathan E. Horner, Esq. - Home Builders Association of Delaware
  • Michelle Freeman - Carl M. Freeman Companies
  • Mariah Calagione - Dogfish Head
  • Representative Alonna Berry - State of Delaware
  • Representative Daniel Short - State of Delaware
  • Kevin Andrade - The Voice Radio Network
  • Michael Meoli - Meoli Companies

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