Speakers

February Sessions

CSC Station

Theme: Launching Our Immersion into All Things Delaware

• Edward Ratledge - Biden School of Public Policy & Administration
• Senator Brian Pettyjohn - State of Delaware
• Doneene Damon, Esq. - Richards, Layton, and Finger
• Allison Levine - Spotlight Delaware
• Dave Tiberi - Donate Delaware
• Senator Bryan Townsend - State of Delaware
• Rod Ward - CSC
• Andrea Godfrey - DE Office of Management and Budget
• Lt. Gov. Kyle Evans-Gay - State of Delaware
• Secretary Shanté Hastings - Delaware Department of Transportation
• Chris Fraser, MBA, FACHE - Westside Family Healthcare
• Maggie Norris Bent, MPA - Westside Family Healthcare
• Kurt Foreman - Delaware Prosperity Partnership

March Sessions

Hockessin Colored School #107c

Theme: Education and Equity

• Drew Fennell - Social Contract
• Sonny Knott - Hockessin Colored School #107C
• Bebe Coker - Playwright, Poet, and Activist
• Julia Keleher - First State Educate
• Secretary Cindy Marten - Delaware Department of Education
• Mark T. Brainard, J.D. - Delaware Technical Community College
• Atnre Alleyne - TeenSHARP and The Proximity Project
• CMC Charles "Chuck" Baldwin - DE Commission of Veteran Affairs
• Britney Mumford - DelawareKidsCAN
• Yvonne Johnson - National Parent Teacher Association
• Kelly Coffey - Delaware Parent Teacher Association
• Representative Melissa Minor-Brown - Delaware General Assembly
• Senator Laura Sturgeon - State of Delaware
• Aaron Bass, Ed.D. - Eastside Charter School
• Kendall Massett - Delaware Charter Schools Network

April Sessions

Easterseals Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore

Theme: Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Leadership

• Ken Sklenar - Easterseals Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore
• Kim Eppehimer - Friendship House
• Michelle Taylor, Ed.D. - United Way of Delaware
• Logan Herring, Sr. - The WRK Group
• Tynetta Brown - Philanthropy Delaware
• Molly Giordano - Delaware Art Museum
• Jamar Rahming - Wilmington Public Library
• John Wellons - Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware
• Cathy Kanefsky - Food Bank of Delaware
• Sheila Bravo, MBA, Ph.D. - DANA
• Thére du Pont - Longwood Foundation, Inc 
• Senator Chris Coons - US Senator
• Stuart Comstock-Gay - Delaware Community Foundation  
• Patrick Carroll - Humane Animal Partners, Delaware 
• Lani Nelson-Zlupko - LNZ Consulting 

May Sessions

Beebe Healthcare Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing

Theme: All Things Sussex County

• David Tam, M.D. - Beebe Healthcare
• Alexander Pires - Highway One Companies
• Chris Perdue - Perdue, Inc.
• Patti Grimes - Freeman Arts Pavilion, Carl M. Freeman Foundation
• Thomas Cook - Delaware River and Bay Authority
• Rich Borrasso - Sussex Preservation Coalition
• Jonathan Horner, Esq. - Ocean Atlantic Companies
• Chris Burkhard - Placers
• Todd Lawson - Sussex County
• Doug Hudson- Sussex County Council
• Charles L. Burton - i.g. Burton Auto Dealerships
• Jay Owens - Indian River School District
• Kevin Andrade - The Voice Radio Network  
• Mayor Bill West- Town of Georgetown
• Rachel Hersh - La Red Healthcare
• Lissette Galloza-Cabrera - Delaware Small Business Development Center

June Sessions

CSC Station

Theme: Leadership, Law, and Public Safety

• Chief Wilfredo Campos - Wilmington Police Department
• Aaron Kupchik, Ph.D. - Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware
• Col. James J. Leonard III - New Castle County Police Department
• Governor Matthew S. Meyer - State of Delaware
• Col. Jerome Rogers - United States Air Force
• Attorney General Kathleen Jennings - State of Delaware
• State Auditor Lydia York - State of Delaware
• Jeff Taschner - Delaware State Education Association
• Stephanie Ingram - Delaware State Education Association
• Taylor Hawk - Delaware State Education Association
• Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. - Delaware Supreme Court
• Former State Treasurer Ken Simpler - State of Delaware
• Secretary LaKresha Moultrie - Delaware Department of Labor
• Mike Brickner - American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware
• Benjamin Wagner - Essential Industries, Inc.

July Sessions

The Chemours Discovery Hub

Theme: Healthcare & Bioscience

• Rep. Michael Smith - 22nd District, Delaware
• Tim Hopkins - The Chemours Company
• Michael Fleming - Delaware Bioscience
• Daniel Elliott, MD, MSCE, FACP, FAAP - Centene Corporation
• Senator Marie Pinkney - 13th District, Delaware 
• Steven Stein, MD - Incyte Corporation
• LeRoi Hicks, MD, MPH - Wilmington Hospital; ChristianaCare
• Cydney Teal, MD - Delaware Health Empowerment Coalition
• Joan Coker, MD - Delaware Health Empowerment Coalition
• Velma Scantlebury, MD - Delaware Health Empowerment Coalition
• Todd Graham - Highmark Health Options
• Rick Deadwyler - Corteva Agriscience
• Eric B. Kmiec, PhD - CorriXR Therapeutics
• Brian Frazee - Delaware Healthcare Association
• Congresswoman Sarah McBride - US House of Representatives
• Andrew Cottone, PhD - Aternium, Inc.; ADESIS Inc.

August Sessions

The Port of Wilmington

Theme: Business and Growth

• James Maravelias - Delaware Building Trades
• County Executive Marcus Henry - New Castle County
• Eugene Young - Enstructure, LLC.
• Sec. Charuni Patibanda-Sanchez - Delaware Department of State
• Matthew Heckles - Delaware State Housing Authority
• Dan Stabb - Fearless Improv
• Dr. Vere Archibald - DuPont Experimental Station
• Rodger Levenson - WSFS Bank
• Yvonne Deadwyler - New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
• Dr. Bryan Deptula - Canalside Inn
• Robert W. Perkins - Delaware Business Roundtable
• 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
• Mariah Calagione - Dogfish Head/Boston Beer Company
• Todd Stonesifer - Downtown Dover Partnership
• Shane Breakie - Chesapeake Utilities
• William Strickland - L&W Insurance, Inc.
• Jennifer Cohan - Delaware Association of Builders & Contractors
• Kevin Sipple - Kent County Levy Court
• Shelly Cecchett - Kent Sussex Leadership Alliance
• Kimberly Gomes - ByrdGomes, The Advocacy Group
• Kevin Dickerson, Ed.D. - Polytech School District
• Greg Lane - Delaware Department of Technology & Information
• Col. Ernest Cage - Dover Air Force Base

October Sessions

DuPont Experimental Station

Theme: Environment, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

• Rob Buccini - Buccini Pollin Group, Inc.
• Ayanna Khan-Flowers - Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce
• Meghan Walls, PsyD - Nemours Children's Health
• Alfred Atanda Jr. MD - Nemours Children's Health
• Michael Quaranta - Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
• Kelly Basile - Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
• Katie  Lakofsky, EdD - BioConnect DE; Delaware Biotechnology Institute
• Phillip Castro - Diverse Power Solutions
• Ryan Harrington - TechImpact
• Christopher "CJ" Bell - Delaware Division of Small Business
• Jaimie Watts - Delaware Division of Small Business
• Dayna Cobb - Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
• Jaclyn Cantler - Pepco Holdings & Exelon
• Jameson Tweedie - Public Advocate, State of Delaware
• Ben du Pont - Chartline Capital Partners
• Joel M. Brown II - Arrived Leadership