BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tad Roach - Board Chair
Tad serves as a member of the education team at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. Before beginning his work with EJI, he was Head of School at St. Andrew’s from 1997-2021. In his career at St. Andrew’s, Tad taught English, worked on school culture and diversity, and joined Tony Alleyne, Paul Harrell, and Governor Jack Markell in developing the Delaware Scholars Program.
Marwane Adlani
Marwane is an alumni of Delaware College Scholars. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Computer Science and currently works as a Software Engineer for Wilmington Trust/M&T Bank.
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Dr. Tony Alleyne - FOUNDER, Executive director
Dr. Tony Alleyne is the Founder and Executive Director of the Delaware College Scholars Program (DCS). Prior to DCS, Dr. Alleyne served as the Senior Associate Director of Admission and College Counseling at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Delaware.
Madeleine Bayard
Madeleine leads the Rodel Foundation’s policy, gov’t affairs, programmatic and communications initiatives. She is co-chair of the state Early Childhood Council and chair of the School Readiness Teams Advisory Committee.
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Jason Honsel
Jason is the Director of College Counseling at St. Andrew’s School and has worked in college admissions and college counseling for over 20 years.
Lynne Howard
Lynne Howard is CEO of Lynne Howard Consulting LLC, a private firm focusing on areas such as non-profit project management, education and social service policy development, strategic planning, and government relations.
PETER KENNEDY
As a director at Cover & Rossiter, Peter S. Kennedy, CPA heads up the organization’s audit practice, where he has the opportunity to work with many of the region’s nonprofit institutions.
HEATHER LEBERSTIEN
Heather is a senior strategic business partner in Human Resources at CSC®. She provides talent management services to CSC leaders and employees around the world.
Fred Sears II
Fred is the past President and CEO of the Delaware Community Foundation and has served as a community leader throughout Wilmington and the Delaware area for over forty-five years.
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Glenn Thompson
Glenn Thompson is an associate at Greenberg Traurig. He focuses his practice on corporate matters involving Delaware corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships.
Matt Twyman
Matt Twyman is the Director Of Alumni Relations and Associate Director of Admissions at Tower Hill School.
Katie wilkinson
Prior to joining Fulton Bank in 2011 to lead the commercial banking efforts in Delaware, Katie was Vice President and Division Manager for Wilmington Trust.
FORMER BOARD MEMBERS
PAUL HARRELL
Paul Harrell, Jr., passionate about education reform, was the founding Chairman of the Board of Delaware College Scholars and former Director of Public/Private Partnerships for the Delaware Department of Education.
Will Speers
Will attended Milton Academy and majored in English at Princeton University, where he graduated with honors and received the Harold Willis Dodds award for “moral courage.”
DR. MARK HOLODICK
Dr. Mark Holodick was confirmed as Delaware’s Secretary of Education in January 2022 after serving for two years as senior leadership specialist for University of Delaware’s Delaware Academy for School Leadership (DASL).
Charlie McDowell
Charles McDowell is a retired partner with the law firm of Potter Anderson & Corroon with a strong interest in using public education to improve the quality of life for all persons in our community.
Laurisa Schutt
Laurisa led Teach For America Delaware as the Executive Director for six years and remains an active advocate for educational equity and leadership development. She currently serves on various boards.