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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Scott Malfitano
CSC / Delaware Workforce Development Board
In his 28 years at CSC, Scott Malfitano has answered customer service calls, launched corporate.com, aided
with the company’s business license service and overseen building its global headquarters in Wilmington. In his top position he worked to establish the CSC Station, a co- working and innovation space on
the Wilmington Riverfront. Today, Malfitano is also leading efforts to reinvigorate the state’s Workforce Development Board by bringing together industry, educators and public officials to prepare workers for future opportunities.
Megan McGlinchey
Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware
Created by the state government
to boost economic vitality along
the Christina River in 1996, the Riverfront Development Corporation has been a catalyst for public and private investment to turn a series
of warehouses into mixed-use land for residents and businesses. Under Megan McGlinchey’s leadership, the RDC has worked on site investigation and restoration initiatives that have enhanced and beautified the area
into a tourism hub, starting first with Frawley Stadium. In the last five years, she has laid out a $100 million vision to expand the RDC’s efforts across the Christina River in a new project call
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Linda Parkowski
Kent Economic Partnership
Kent Economic Partnership is focused on attracting and retaining businesses in central Delaware, which boasts
of a hour and a half drive to D.C., Philadelphia and New York. Roughly 60% of the U.S. population is within
a three-hour radius of Kent County. Linda Parkowski was named executive director of the KEP in 2018, after the nonprofit was reorganized. Under
her leadership, Kent County has helped draw a $80 million corrugated box plant and is focusing efforts on drawing warehouse tenants to East Dover, among other initiatives.
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Bill Provine
The Innovation Space
The Innovation Space is a nonprofit innovation ecosystem and home
to leading science entrepreneurs. Located on the DuPont Experimental Station campus near Wilmington, the 130,000-square-foot lab and office space offers tenants cutting- edge equipment alongside a suite
of entrepreneurship programs and opportunities supporting startup growth. Under the leadership of founding leader Bill Provine, The Innovation Space attracted and helped develop companies like Prelude Therapeutics, Napigen, Versogen, and more. As of 2023, the “start-up farm” broke $1 billion in investments and signed with an international broker to boost the site’s profile.
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