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Peter Walsh
Potter Anderson
& Corroon LLP
Ed Breen
DuPont
LEGAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MANUFACTURING
Pete Walsh chairs Potter Anderson’s
Executive Committee and is a partner
in the Corporate Litigation Group. He
joined the fi rm following a Delaware
Court of Chancery clerkship and
primarily handles complex corporate
and commercial cases in Delaware.
Walsh has fi rst-chaired many trials
and has successfully argued before the
Supreme Court of Delaware, as well as
the United States Court of Appeals for
the Th ird Circuit. He regularly handles
Court of Chancery proceedings,
summary proceedings pursuant to
general corporation law and disputes
involving alternative entities. He also
frequently counsels offi cers, directors,
and board committees in matters of
Delaware corporate law. With roughly
90 attorneys, Potter Anderson is slated
to hit its 200th anniversary in 2026.
Rod Ward
CSC
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Ed Breen has orchestrated some of the
biggest changes in DuPont’s history,
including its short marriage with
Dow and more recently its refocusing
for industries of the future, such as
semiconductors, electric vehicles
and telecommunications. Now in his
second stint as CEO of Delaware’s
most famous company, Breen oversees
thousands of state employees at
research and manufacturing sites.
DuPont remains committed to the
First State, investing nearly $100
million at two new manufacturing sites
aimed at the growing semiconductor
industry in the past year. Breen
made a big splash at the beginning of
2024, where he announced he would
step down as CEO of DuPont in the
middle of the year. He also would
aid the DuPont board of directors
with dividing the company into
three, separate and publicly traded
companies by mid-2026.
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Rod Ward has helped to build two
family businesses: plumbing and
trim product manufacturer Th e
Speakman Company and today at CSC.
Th e leading business, legal, tax and
digital brand services company was
established in 1899 by two lawyers,
including Ward’s great-grandfather.
Today, CSC has a global presence in 140
jurisdictions and employs more than
8,500 people around the world. Under
Ward’s guidance, the company built
a new headquarters in Wilmington
in 2017, opened a coworking space
on Wilmington’s Riverfront—CSC
Station—and has completed many
acquisitions, including 2022’s purchase
of Intertrust Group.
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Dora Cheatham
First State Hydrogen, Inc.
Dora Cheatham’s role as Vice President
of Sales and Commercialization is to
develop and grow business at First
State Hydrogen by establishing client,
strategic and ecosystem relationships,
securing contracts. She also oversees
corporate communications, marketing
and community engagement eff orts.
She spent years as the leader of the
Delaware Sustainable Chemistry
Alliance (DESCA), she is at the
forefront of emerging science in
Delaware and a leader in the state’s
drive toward green hydrogen
production. With DESCA, she has
helped the state to gain the attention
of federal energy and manufacturing
leaders to invest resources here in
building out the Mid-Atlantic Clean
Hydrogen Hub (MACH2) which could
be job generator of the future. Now at
First State Hydrogen, she is working to
secure federal funds from MACH2.
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