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FIRST STATE FINTECH LAB
www.firststatefintech.org
John Collins info@firststatefintech.org 302-373-8225
The organization’s primary
mission is to establish Delaware
as a national leader in the fintech industry by nurturing the industry’s growing ecosystem.
INSPIRING WOMEN IN STEM
www.inspiringwomeninstem.com
Jennifer Kmiec inspiringwomeninstem@gmail.com 302-689-3032
Inspiring Women in STEM was created to deliver high-quality professional-development programming and conferences.
Its mission is to encourage, support and inspire female scientists, engineers and other STEM professionals.
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE
www.medicalsocietyofdelaware.org
Mark Thompson mark.thompson@medsocdel.org 302-366-1400
The Medical Society advocates on behalf of physician members across the state.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION IN MANUFACTURING BIOPHARMACEUTICALS (NIIMBL) niimbl.force.com
Barry Buckland
info@niimbl.org
302-831-0663
NIIMBL’s mission is to advance biopharmaceutical manufacturing and develop a highly skilled workforce for the industry.
PRODUCE MARKETING ASSOCIATION
www.pma.com
Cathy Burns
302-738-7100
A trade organization representing companies in the fresh-produce and floral supply chain.
TECH FORUM OF DELAWARE
www.techforumde.org
Janet Reed
info@techforumde.org 302-384-9775
The Tech Forum’s goal is to help entrepreneurs identify business opportunities and build profitable relationships around the region. This mission is supported with monthly programming, alternating between educational seminars and professional networking.
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DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: Dedicated to Driving Economic Growth www.dbrt.org
The Delaware Business Roundtable is a non-partisan, volunteer consortium of CEOs whose companies collectively employ more than 75,000 people in Delaware.
Since its inception in 1981, the Roundtable’s broad mission has been to enhance the quality of life in Delaware by promoting commerce, job creation and select public policy issues. In recent years, the Roundtable also has been a leading supporter of public education transformation and entrepreneurs in Delaware.
Members include executives from many Delaware companies including CSC, Christiana Care, ILC Dover, Bayhealth, Capital One 360, Delmarva Power, WSFS, M&T, JP Morgan Chase and DuPont.
“We are committed to promoting
economic prosperity and growth,” says Executive Director BOB PERKINS. “The Roundtable provides leadership on broad public policy issues that are critically important to Delaware's economy, and we encourage policymakers to relentlessly focus on ways to create jobs and promote commerce statewide.”
The Roundtable was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the creation of the Delaware Prosperity Partnership, the public-private economic development body
that is working to expand the state’s economy by attracting jobs, talent and capital investment.
Since its inception, the Delaware Prosperity Partnership has put a strong leadership team in place and is busy working to bring jobs to Delaware by welcoming businesses of all sizes and creating an even more welcoming business climate.
These goals align with the Roundtable’s Delaware Growth Agenda, which outlines three overarching goals for the state:
1. Create and nurture an entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem
2. Create a new approach to economic development via a public-private
partnership
3. Improve the state’s overall business climate.
To achieve these goals, the Roundtable advocates for public policies that improve the business environment in Delaware, strengthen the state’s long-term finances, bring about meaningful change in public education, provide a focus on opioid/substance abuse in the workplace, and create a safe and welcoming environment in all Delaware communities.
Most recently, the Roundtable released a report by international consulting firm KPMG that recommended steps Delaware should take to improve its permitting effectiveness and thereby become more competitive in attracting jobs, talent and investment to Delaware. The report led to the creation of the Ready in 6 Coalition, a statewide group of business organizations dedicated to improving Delaware’s competitiveness.
“Delaware is a great place to live and do business,” Perkins says.
“We must all work together to ensure our economy is growing and we
are creating a welcoming environment for businesses, their employees and their families so we can be an economic leader for generations to come.”
BOB PERKINS