WILMINGTON — Leadership Delaware, Inc. announced the members of its next class of fellows on Monday.
Leadership Delaware annually selects Delaware’s “best and brightest” young leaders to join its program, program leaders said in a statement.
In the year-long program, participants meet and hear from more than 150 speakers, each prominent and accomplished Delaware leaders, who present on topics including the government, healthcare, education, finance and banking, the nonprofit sector, corporate governance, agriculture, energy, and more.
The program was created to challenge its participants to rise to ever higher levels of impact and accomplishment in each of the following three areas: their career field and profession, the nonprofit sector, and government and politics.
After an intense, challenging, and competitive application and interview process, the interview committee selected thirty of the best and brightest candidates.
The 14th LDI class is the largest class in the organization’s history. This year, LDI experienced record-breaking numbers with 147 candidates and 74 applications.
“LDI is proud of the incoming class of 30 Fellows that will begin their year long journey to expand their knowledge and influence of all things Delaware in January of 2022,” said Jennifer Cohan, LDI’s CEO.
LDI’s Class of 2022 is made up of a diverse of men and women, each with different backgrounds and talents from all over the state.
Among the thirty new fellows, there is an equal split among women and men, with ages ranging from 26-45 years old. To learn more about these exceptional leaders, along with the program’s alumni, visit.
Nadira Alston - Exelon.
Marsha Auld-Saunders - CSC
Katherine Belford - NERDiT NOW
CJ Bell - New Castle County Executive’s Office
Timothy Boyle - M&T Bank
Brian Brown – The Chemours Company
Himani Divatia - ChristianaCare
Jennalee Fede, PE - Duffield Associates
Gabrielle (Gigi) Gaul - Wilmington University
Matt Georgov - Choice MedWaste
Jonathan Horner, Esq - Schell Brothers & Ocean Atlantic Companies
Jessica Jordan - The Carlin Collaborative
Liz Keller - Delaware Tourism Office
Tyler Kuhn - Dover FCU
Emily Leach - Visa Inc
Sarah Lester - Cornerstone West CDC
Hector Maldonado-Reis - Delaware Data Innovation Lab
Devon Malfitano - CompassRed
Hersh Patel, M.D., M.B.A. - ChristianaCare
Gerald Penrose - Longwood Foundation
Rose C. Porter - KAVI Wellness Healing Arts
Robert Redden-Huff - ChristianaCare
Gene Reid - New Castle County Police
Betsy Renzo - Community Education Building
Lindsay Richard - Carl M. Freeman Foundation, Joshua M. Freeman Foundation
Lindsey Sanford - RadNet
Kyle Sheppard - The Laffey-McHugh Foundation
Andrew Vierzba - Delaware Air National Guard
Edward M. Wilson, III - Incyte
Brenda A. M. Wise - State of Delaware - Office of Management and Budget