Meet Leadership Delaware’s 31 fellows for 2024

December means shopping, stress and year-end lists — and one of our favorites is the list of new Leadership Delaware fellows.

Now in its 16th year, the program offers professional development to rising local leaders. It aims to grow these professionals’ careers as they work to grow Delaware.

See who made the class of 2023

The fellows will participate in monthly sessions over a year, hearing from up to 150 speakers across the full program. The speakers, all notable Delawareans, will share their expertise during issues-focused forums on topics ranging from the economy to healthcare to corporate governance.

This year’s class comprises 31 fellows from all three Delaware counties. The class of 2024 represents a variety of sectors, including nonprofits, healthcare, finance and education. Organizations from across the state are represented, including CSC, Gener8or, Adesis and Delaware Prosperity Partnership.

The 31 fellows, in alphabetical order, are:

• Tony Adkins — New Castle County
• Tamara Brown — Longwood Foundation
• Peter Brown Jr. — DART
• Michelle Burrus — New Castle County Police Department
• Peggy Carter — Exelon
• Benjamin Collins — Bayhealth
• Wendell Covell — JFS Delaware
• Tracey Duffy — New Castle County Police Department
• Lauryn Elder — The Holistic Behaviorist LLC
• Jacqueline Flowers — EDiS Company
• Christopher Gunter — Capital One
• Charles Hammond — Goldey-Beacom College
• Shana Hilliard — CSC
• Erin Hutt — Erin Hutt Consulting LLC
• Alana King — Bayhealth
• Kelley Kovatis — ChristianaCare
• Katie Kutler — kaffé KARMA
• Rachel Lindeman — WSFS Bank
• Christine Lowthert — Boys & Girls Clubs of DE
• Bryan Mack — Delaware Prosperity Partnership
• Conor Nally — Nally Ventures
• Ryan Paden — City of Wilmington, Mayor’s Office
• Jordan Perry — New Castle County
• Tamara Smith — Teach For America
• Charles Stanton — Adesis
• Darren Stephenson Jr. — Gener8tor
• Lauren Stracuzzi — Nemours Children’s Health
• Kimberly Taylor — Coursera
• Minda Thompson — Administrative Office of the Courts
• Stacy Tyson — CSC
• India Williams — India Sage Media Agency LLC