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
• Dr. Neil Hockstein - Delaware Health Care Commission
• Doneene Damon, Esq - Richards, Layton, & Finger
• Allison Levine - Spotlight Delaware
• The Honorable Jack Markell - Former State of Delaware Governor 
• 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
• 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

June Sessions

New Castle County Police Department

Theme: Public Safety, Law, and Leadership

• Chris Burkhard - Placers, Inc.
• Chief Wildredo Campos - Wilmington Police Department
• Major General James A. Benson - Delaware Air National Guard
• Mike Brickner - American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware
• Aaron Kupchik, Ph.D. - University of Delaware
• Dr. Michelle Taylor - United Way of Delaware
• President Judge Eric Davis - Delaware Superior Court
• County Executive Marcus Henry - New Castle County
• Justice Christopher Griffiths - Delaware Supreme Court
• Attorney General Kathleen Jennings - State of Delaware
• State Auditor Lydia York - State of Delaware
• Mike Hoffman, Esq. - Connolly Gallagher
• Benjamin Wagner - Essential Industries, Inc. 

July Sessions

STAR Campus at University of Delaware

Theme: Healthcare and Bioscience

• Secretary Christen Linke Young - Delaware Department of Health & Social Services
• Michael Fleming - Delaware Bioscience
• Tim Vessel - Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware
• Eric B. Kmiec, Ph.D. - CorriXR Therapeutics
• Rick Deadwyler - Corteva Agriscience
• Steven Stein, MD - Incyte Corporation
• Kate Smith, MD, MPH, NPMc - Delaware Academy of Medicine & Public Heath
• Joan Coker, MD - Delaware Health Empowerment Coalition
• Velma Scantlebury, MD - Delaware Health Empowerment Coalition
• Cydney Teal, MD - Delaware Health Empowerment Coalition
• LeRoi Hicks, MD - American College of Physicians
• Chris Fraser, MBA, FACHE - Westside Family Healthcare
• Maggie Norris-Bent MPA- Westside Family Healthcare
• Representative Michael Smith - University of Delaware College of Health Sciences
• Senator Bryan Townsend - State of Delaware
• Christina Bryan - Delaware Healthcare Association

August Sessions

DuPont Experimental Station & CSC Station

Theme: Building, Business, Banking, and Leadership

• Rod Ward - CSC
• Governor Matt Meyer - State of Delaware
• Krista Phillips - M&T Bank
• Congresswoman Sarah McBride - United States House of Representatives
• David Koch - DuPont, Inc.
• Bryan Deptula, PhD - BKD Leaders, LLC/Canalside Inn
• Nick Moriello, RHU - Healthcare Innovation Acceleration
• Mike Evanko - Enstructure, LLC
• Rodger Levenson - WSFS Bank
• Mike Quaranta - Delaware Chamber of Commerce
• Kelly Basile - Delaware Chamber of Commerce
• Peter Atwater - Financial Insyghts

September Sessions

Delaware Legislative Hall

Theme: All Things Kent County

• Dr. Dina Vendetti - Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce
• Terry M. Murphy, FACHE - Bayhealth
• Michelle Freeman - Carl M. Freeman Companies
• William Strickland - L&W Insurance
• Dr. Fareeda Griffith - Delaware State University
• Ken Anderson - Downtown Dover Partnership 
• Kevin A. Dickerson, EdD - Polytech School District
• Dr. Bonnie Hall - Nanticoke Indian Tribe
• Shelly Cecchett - Kent Sussex Leadership Alliance
• Col. James J. Leonard III - New Castle County Police
• Shane Breakie - Chesapeake Utilities
• Kevin Sipple - Kent County Levy Court