Leadership Delaware, Inc
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission and Vision
    • History
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Join Our Team
    • Contact
  • Programs
    • Program Overview
    • Fellowship
    • Leadership Development
    • Alumni Engagement
    • Calendar
  • Fellowship
    • Current Fellows
    • Alumni
    • Speakers
    • Application Process
  • Support LDI
  • Media
    • News
    • Photos and Video
  • LDI Portal
  • More
    • Home
    • About Us
      • Mission and Vision
      • History
      • Our Team
      • Board of Directors
      • Join Our Team
      • Contact
    • Programs
      • Program Overview
      • Fellowship
      • Leadership Development
      • Alumni Engagement
      • Calendar
    • Fellowship
      • Current Fellows
      • Alumni
      • Speakers
      • Application Process
    • Support LDI
    • Media
      • News
      • Photos and Video
    • LDI Portal
Leadership Delaware, Inc
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission and Vision
    • History
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Join Our Team
    • Contact
  • Programs
    • Program Overview
    • Fellowship
    • Leadership Development
    • Alumni Engagement
    • Calendar
  • Fellowship
    • Current Fellows
    • Alumni
    • Speakers
    • Application Process
  • Support LDI
  • Media
    • News
    • Photos and Video
  • LDI Portal

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 2025 speakers here:

February  -  March -  April  -  May

2025 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

Fellowship Application Process

Copyright © 2025 Leadership Delaware, Inc - All Rights Reserved.

  • Home
  • Mission and Vision
  • History
  • Contact
  • Program Overview
  • Support LDI

Powered by