Speakers

February Sessions

Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

Theme: Launching Our Immersion into All Things Delaware

Doneene Damon, Esq, Immediate Past President, RLF

Kyle Evans-Gay, Lieutenant Governor

Andrea Godfrey, Director, DE Office of Management and Budget

Dr. Neil Hockstein, Chair, Delaware Health Care Commission

Allison Levine, CEO, Spotlight Delaware

Jack Markell, Former Governor, State of Delaware 

LaKresha Moultrie, Secretary, Delaware Dept. of Labor

Noah Olson, VP, Innovation, Delaware Prosperity Partnership

Brian Pettyjohn, State Senator

Kenan Sklenar, President & CEO, Easterseals DE & MD's Eastern Shore

Dave Tiberi, Co-Founder, Donate Delaware

Wendy Smith, PhD, Professor, University of Delaware

March Sessions

Duck Creek Regional Library

Theme: Education and Equity

CMC Charles Baldwin, Chairmain, DE Commission of Veterans Affairs

Aaron Bass, EdD, CEO, Eastside Charter School

Jeffrey T. Benson Jr, Managing Partner, Prominent Insurance Services

Mark T. Brainard, JD, President, Delaware Tech

Jenna DiEleuterio, EdD, Reading Specialist, Talley Middle School

Taylor Hawk, Director, DE State Education Association

Dr. Dorrell Green, Superintendent, Red Clay Consol. School District

Patti Grimes, Executive Director, Carl M. Freeman Foundation

Stephanie Ingram, President, DE State Education Association

Dr. Julia Keleher, Executive Director, First State Educate

Elizabeth Lockman, State Senator

Kendall Massett, Executive Director, DE Charter Schools Network

Dr. Cindy Marten, Secretary, Delaware Department of Education

Britney Mumford, Executive Director, DelawareKidsCAN

Lindsay Richard, Carl M. Freeman Foundation

Joanna Staib, Statewide Coord., Office of Workforce Development

Jeff Taschner, Executive Director, DE State Education Association

Michelle Wall, Special Projects Coordinator, Office of Women's Advancement & Advocacy

April Sessions

The WRK Group: Teen Warehouse & The Delaware Art Museum

Theme: Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Leadership

Sheila Bravo, MBA, PhD, CEO, DANA

Laura A. Carlson, President, University of Delaware

Patrick Carroll, CEO, Humane Animal Partners of Delaware

Stuart Comstock-Gay, President, Delaware Community Foundation

There du Pont, President, Longwood Foundation

Kim Eppehimer, CEO, One Big House

Molly Giordano, Executive Director, Delaware Art Museum

Logan Herring, Sr., CEO, The WRK Group

Cathy Kanefsky, President, Food Bank of Delaware

Dr. Lani Nelson-Zlupko, Consultant, LNZ Consulting

Jarrett Royster, CEO,  YMCA of Delaware

John Wellons, CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware

May Sessions

Freeman Arts Pavilion

Theme: All Things Sussex County

Kevin Andrade, President, The Voice Radio Network

Rony Baltazar, Board Chair, Delaware Hispanic Commission

Alonna Berry, State Representative

Rich Borrasso, Board Member, Sussex Preservation Coalition

Mariah Calagione, Co-Founder, Dogfish Head

Rachel Hersh, CEO, La Red Healthcare

Jonathan E. Horner, Esq., General Council, Schell Brothers

Doug Hudson, President, Sussex County Council

Todd Lawson, Administrator, Sussex County Council

Michael Meoli, President, Meoli Companies

Chris Perdue, Senior Vice President, Perdue Farms, Inc.

Alexander J. Pires, Esq., CEO, Highway One Companies

Lisa Blunt Rochester, U.S. Senator

Daniel Short, State Representative

David Tam, MD, CEO, Beebe Healthcare

June Sessions

New Castle County Police Department

Theme: Public Safety, Law, and Leadership

James A. Benson, Major General, Delaware Air National Guard

Mike Brickner, ED, American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware

Chris Burkhard, President, Placers, Inc.

Chief Wildredo Campos, Chief of Police, Wilmington Police Depart.

Eric Davis, President Judge, Delaware Superior Court

Christopher Griffiths, Justice, Delaware Supreme Court

Marcus Henry, County Executive, New Castle County

Mike Hoffman, Esq., Partner, Connolly Gallagher

Kathleen Jennings, Attorney General 

Aaron Kupchik, Ph.D., Professor,  University of Delaware

Dr. Michelle Taylor, CEO, United Way of Delaware

Lydia York, State Auditor

Benjamin Wagner, Founder, Essential Industries, Inc. 

July Sessions

STAR Campus at University of Delaware

Theme: Healthcare and Bioscience

Christina Bryan, VP, External Affairs, Delaware Healthcare Association

Joan Coker, MD, Delaware Health Empowerment Coalition

Rick Deadwyler, US East Region Leader, Corteva Agriscience

Michael Fleming, President, Delaware Bioscience

Chris Fraser, President & CEO, Westside Family Health

LeRoi Hicks, MD, EVP & CEO, American College of Physicians

Eric B. Kmiec, Ph.D., Executive Director, CorriXR Therapeutics

Maggie Norris-Bent, Chief External Affairs, Westside Family Health

Velma Scantlebury, MD, Delaware Health Empowerment Coalition

Kate Smith, MD, ED, DE Academy of Medicine & Public Heath

Michael Smith, State Representative

Steven Stein, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Incyte Corporation

Cydney Teal, MD, Delaware Health Empowerment Coalition

Bryan Townsend, State Senator

Tim Vessel, President, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware

Christen Linke Young, Secretary, DE Dept. of Health & Social Services

August Sessions

DuPont Experimental Station & CSC Station

Theme: Building, Business, Banking, and Leadership

Peter Atwater, President, Financial Insyghts

Kelly Basile, COO, Delaware Chamber of Commerce

Bryan Deptula, PhD, Owner, BKD Leaders, LLC/Canalside Inn

Mike Evanko, Chief Commercial Officer, Enstructure, LLC

David Koch, Sr. Vice President, DuPont, Inc.

Rodger Levenson, CEO, WSFS Bank

Sarah McBride, U.S. House of Representatives

Matt Meyer, State Governor

Nick Moriello, RHU, Founder, Healthcare Innovation Acceleration

Krista Phillips, Regional President, M&T Bank

Mike Quaranta, President, Delaware Chamber of Commerce

Rod Ward, CEO, CSC

September Sessions

Delaware Legislative Hall

Theme: All Things Kent County

Ken Anderson, Director, Downtown Dover Partnership 

Shane Breakie, Vice President,  Chesapeake Utilities

Shelly Cecchett, Executive Director, Kent Sussex Leadership Alliance

Kevin A. Dickerson, EdD, Superintendent, Polytech School District

Michelle Freeman, Owner & CEO, Carl M. Freeman Companies

Dr. Fareeda Griffith, Associate Provost, Delaware State University

Dr. Bonnie Hall, Historian, Nanticoke Indian Tribe

Col. James J. Leonard III, Chief, New Castle County Police

Terry M. Murphy, FACHE, President, Bayhealth

Kevin Sipple, County Adminstrator, Kent County Levy Court

William Strickland, President, L&W Insurance

Dr. Dina Vendetti, President, Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce

October Sessions

Qnity Electronics & CSC Station

Theme: Entrepreneurship, Energy, Environment

Joel Brown, CEO, Arrived Leadership

Jaclyn Cantler, SVP, Government, Regulatory & External Affairs, Pepco Holdings

Sunita Chandrasekranan, Ph.D., Director, First State AI Institute

Joel Coppadge, Executive Director, Delaware River & Bay Authority

Andrew Cottone, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, Aternium, Inc.

Yvonne Deadwyler, President & CEO, NCC Chamber of Commerce

Thomas "TJ" Hanna, Former President, Harvey Hanna & Associates

Shanté Hastings, Secretary, Delaware Dept. of Transportation

Katie Kutler, Owner, kaffé KARMA

Alan Levin, Senior Advisor, SoDel Concepts

Greg Patterson, Secretary, DNREC

Charuni Patibanda-Sanchez, Secretary, Delaware Department of State

Mike Pfeifer, Owner, 1440 Film Co.

Jennifer Schwartz, Esq., President & CEO, ChristianaCare

Bernardo Tiburcio, VP, AI & Data Excellence, Qnity

Jameson Tweedie, J.D., Public Advocate, State of Delaware

November Sessions

Agilent Technologies & Hockessin Colored School

Theme: TBD

Coming soon!