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We are pleased to share our second edition of interesting and informative, timely and relevant updates on our monthly sessions and graduate Fellows. We hope you are able to glean the very essence of LDI from this newsletter, which showcases the depth and breadth of our program, and we hope you are inspired! Our LDI fellows
ARE making a difference, and, they have just begun. Thank you for reading.
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April, May and June Session Recaps
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| Peter Atwater addresses the Class of 2016 in June |
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Alex Pires hosted LDI in our
May sessions in Sussex County |
The Class of 2016 is halfway through the year as we head into Sessions 11 & 12 in July where we'll be hosted by Christiana Care Health System. Our Fellows have heard from over 60 speakers in five months!
Thank you
to our hosts the past three months, WSFS Bank, Alex Pires, and Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP,
who graciously provided space for our Fellows to learn from and engage with some of the most influential leaders in our state!
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Have you watched our monthly video messages yet? Each session, we film our Founder, Chairman and CEO Terry Strine, and several Fellows from the Class of 2016. Our goal is to capture their reactions, and hear their take-a-ways of the themes and speakers in each session. April, May and June's videos are posted below, and y
ou can view our entire video library on our website or YouTube channel. Thank you for watching!
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Recruiting for the Class of 2017
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Recruiting and identifying prospective applicants for our Leadership Delaware Class of 2017 is underway! Do you know young leaders who are truly the "best and brightest" in Delaware? Reach out to those associates, neighbors, relatives, bosses, and subordinates. Tell them about the wonder which is Leadership Delaware and share the attachment and video below, which you may find helpful when speaking to someone about "Why Leadership Delaware".
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The obligatory first step for any potential candidate for our program is for them to attend a Candidate Reception. The dates of all five receptions are listed below and all candidates must RSVP by emailing Lora Matteis HERE.
Save the Dates for the Class of 2017 Candidate Receptions:
- Tuesday, August 16, 6-8:30 PM
- Thursday, August 25, 6-8:30 PM
- Saturday, September 17, 1-3:30 PM
- Wednesday, September 21, Sussex, The Glade Clubhouse in Rehoboth Beach
- Thursday, September 29, 6-8:30 PM
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Fellows Making a Difference
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Our Fellows are
making a difference in their professions, industries and their communities. Check out what they've been up to during the past three months.
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Silicon Valley East and Leadership Delaware Inc. Fellows
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Silicon Valley East is the 2016 effort in the "Reinventing Delaware" program which is sponsored by the Pete du Pont Individual Freedom Award.
The goal of "Reinventing Delaware" is to identify ideas which will make Delaware a better place to live, work, and play and then to support their leaders in implementing those ideas. Leaders from the business and financial sector, along with heads of charitable organizations, academia and the entrepreneurial community are invited to participate.
In 2015, the leading concept, Zip Code Wilmington, was successfully established and emerged as Delaware's first coding school, and one of the first nonprofit coding schools in the country.
This year, a new initiative and the winning idea for
"Reinventing Delaware"
2016 is Silicon Valley East
, an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Funding Initiative which includes a comprehensive strategy to make Delaware "a hub of innovation" on the east coast. Notably, it is supporting a coding competition to be held in the Fall of 2016 and the launch of an entrepreneurial accelerator
for Delaware.
Led by There du Pont, eleven of our fellows including
Latisha Bracy '14
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Dana Eggleston '14
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Peggy Geisler '12
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Ryan Harrington '16
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Michael Hoffman '14
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Don Nicholson '11
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Christine Sauers '15
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Matt Terrell '10
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B
ernardo Tiburcio '15
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Bryan Tracy '12
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Matt Wilson '13
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and LDI board members
Andy Lubin
and
Terry Strine
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Quarterly Accomplishments
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Meredith Chapman '15, Digital Communications Director - University of Delaware
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Brendan J. Cooke '15, General Director - OperaDelaware
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Francis A. Gott III '14,
Administrative Director, Primary Care and Community Medicine Service Line - Christiana Care Health System
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Ryan Harrington '16, Education and Nonprofit Coordinator - 1313 Innovation
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S. Renee Smith '10, Self-esteem & Branding Expert & Coach, Speaker, Image Consultant, Author - There Is More Inside
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Bryan Tracy '12, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer - White Dog Labs, Inc.
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Michelle M. Wall '14, Fundraising and Events Coordinator - The Simpler Campaign, LLC
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Alumni Gatherings
4th Annual PIG ROAST
We had a beautiful afternoon at the Hill's home for our 4th Annual Pig Roast in June with
over 75 fellows and their spouses in attendance.
Thank you to LDI Board Member Bob and Paula Hill for hosting us at their beautiful home on the Chester River in Church Hill Maryland!
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The First State Gridiron Dinner & Show
Leadership Delaware filled six tables with Fellows at the 25th Annual First State Gridiron Dinner & Show in May.
The First State Gridiron Dinner & Show (The Gridiron) is the longest running annual roast of politicians and business people in Delaware.
Each year, our graduate and current Fellows come out for
a wonderful evening, and
one of the premier formal affairs in the state.
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