View to Simplifying the Expertise in Our Different Areas,” Adds Ward

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THE TRAILBLAZERS Leaders from prominent Delaware institutions explain what differentiate them from their peers CHANGING THE WORLD How medical innovations taking place in Delaware can impact patient care far beyond the state GLOBAL IMPACT For a small state, Delaware is poised SpotlightAN AMERICAN WAY SUPPLEMENT OCTOBER 2019 to make a big difference in life science, manufacturing and more

DELAWARE Why the First State wants to be first to mind for businesses, workers and visitors

Spotlight_Delaware_RunOfBook v2.indd 135 13/09/2019 10:36 They said he would never walk. Today, he flies.

Born with Larsen Syndrome, the bones in Joshua’s neck were so severely curved that his spinal cord risked being severed. Doctors at the nationally ranked Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware performed life-saving surgery on Joshua at 20 months.

Since then, Nemours has been with Joshua every step of the way. From Wilmington, Delaware to Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida, Joshua receives coordinated care from the country’s best team of orthopedic surgeons, therapists and specialists. Today, Joshua uses his strong little legs, and his irrepressible spirit, to speed around on his bike. “I wouldn’t take my son anywhere else,” says his mom Christa. “Together, we’re building a boy.”

To learn more about our comprehensive health system, visit Nemours.org.

Your child. Our promise.

Nemours-Wilmington 1pp.indd 1 13/09/2019 15:37 WELCOME TO DELAWARE THE SECOND-SMALLEST STATE BY AREA HAS THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND IDEAL LOCATION TO MAKE AN OUTSIZE IMPACT FOR BUSINESS

THE KEY FACTS Q&A: JOHN CARNEY

Joel Kimmel Joel GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE Corporate Capital Population More than 50% of all U.S. 967,000 What makes Delaware a great place to do business? publicly traded companies “You get all the advantages of a large metropolitan area are incorporated in Delaware, GDP: without some of the disadvantages in terms of quality of life drawn by a legal and regulatory $76.5bn and cost of living, plus it’s just a wonderful place to live that’s environment that includes the not as densely populated as some of those other areas.” globally recognized Delaware Annual visitors: What are your priorities today as governor?

Giovanna GiulianoIllustrator Headshot Court of Chancery. 9m “To build on the things that we’re doing, particularly in the five-year horizon, such as the investments we’re making in Exports: our K-12 education to make sure more of our students are Location, Location, Location $4.6bn

Cover Illustrator graduating and going on to higher education, and those that Situated between New York are not are prepared to go into the workforce with meaning- City and Washington, D.C., ful employment. Also, cultivating and pushing the envelope and within easy reach of on entrepreneurship, and science and technology-based Brian Stromlund Brian Philadelphia and Baltimore, innovation, and companies coming out of the investments Delaware lies within 250 FACT FILE we’re making at the University of Delaware and Delaware miles of more than State University. And we’re working with the city of Wilming- 50 million people. Since the Great Recession, employment in Delaware has ton on making our city, which is the cultural and business hub grown by 11%—the fastest of the state, more exciting and more inviting for the workers pace in the Mid-Atlantic. that will fuel these new businesses.” Daniel Wellbelove ArtDirector Wellbelove Daniel Editor MAKING OF A STATE

Delaware is the first Delaware’s first The Delaware state to ratify the ocean resort is Legislative Hall is Constitution of the established at completed in the state United States 1802 Rehoboth Beach 1899 capital of Dover 1969

1787 Future chemical giant 1870 The Delaware 1933 Dover International DuPont is founded Corporation Law is Speedway opens as in Wilmington as a passed, leading the a regular stop on the gunpowder mill state to become a NASCAR calendar corporate haven

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Spotlight_Delaware_RunOfBook v2.indd 137 13/09/2019 10:36 Founded in 1891, the University has grown into the most diverse, contemporary Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in America. It All Matters

Our students come from 37 states, our nation’s capital, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and 26 countries.

70+ majors, minors 91% of our recent graduates NO.1 supplier of pilots of and concentrations achieved employment 6 months color and aviation professionals after graduation or went on to in the United States attend graduate school desu.edu facebook.com/desuedu DelStateUniv youtube.com/delawarestateu DelStateUniv DelStateUniv

Delaware State Uni_DPS.indd 2 13/09/2019 15:37 Founded in 1891, the University has grown into the most diverse, contemporary Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in America. It All Matters

Our students come from 37 states, our nation’s capital, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and 26 countries.

Delaware State Uni_DPS.indd 3 13/09/2019 15:37 THE TRAILBLAZERS HOW SOME OF THE STATE’S MOST INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PREPARING TO MEET FUTURE GLOBAL NEEDS

“If you believe in access to quality, comprehensive education for all, then there is not a better place for folks to be” TONY ALLEN, PROVOST AND EVP DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY

Established in 1891, DSU is a land-grant institu- hensive education for all, then there is not a tion and one of the nation’s premier historically better place for folks to be than Delaware State black colleges and universities—a combination University,” says provost and executive vice that leads to it having real-world impact on the president Tony Allen, who has been announced state around it while retaining its commitment to as DSU’s 12th president, effective January 2020. diversity and accessibility. Points of pride include “We take students from all different backgrounds an aviation program that produces more pilots and abilities but remain intensely focused on of color than any other school, while enrollment those who are either underserved or locked out growth of 28 percent over the last decade of the traditional system, and make sure that they speaks to the continued value of its mission. get the kind of education that can help them “If you believe in access to quality, compre- make an impact on the world.”

“We have always been focused on a culture of service and it’s what has made us successful in the market” ROD WARD, PRESIDENT AND CEO CSC Whether managing and securing assets in a it now has a presence in all 50 states, Europe digital world, or assisting businesses with their and the Asia-Pacific region, while developing a compliance responsibilities, Wilmington-based customer base that includes 90 percent of the CSC specializes in providing the services that Fortune 500. Along the way, it has also diversified help its clients do business smoothly—says pres- its offering in line with the needs of the market, in ident and CEO Rod Ward, “Our tagline is that tax, legal, business and digital brand services. we are the business behind business.” “What separates us is the knowledge base and Founded in 1899 with a view to simplifying the expertise in our different areas,” adds Ward. “We way businesses were formed and operated in Del- have always been focused on a culture of service aware, CSC has grown over its history to where and it’s what has made us successful in the market.”

“Innovation is critical for the future success of FMC” KATHY SHELTON, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FMC CORPORATION Now a pure-play crop protection company fol- that are on the market, and the world is demand- lowing the spin-off of its Lithium business earlier ing more sustainable crop protection, so there is in 2019, FMC is a global agricultural sciences always a need for new products.” company that continues to apply innovation to If that’s the case, FMC’s future success will meet the needs of growers around the world, hinge largely on what happens in Delaware and having committed to $1.8 billion in R&D invest- specifically at the 515-acre Stine Research Cen- ment through 2023. ter. Acquired in 2017 as part of the FMC-DuPont “Innovation is critical for the future success of transaction, Stine is now the company’s global FMC,” says vice president and chief technology R&D headquarters, where it discovers, makes and officer Kathy Shelton. “Nature is very good at tests brand-new molecules, and where it plans to

having its pests become resistant to products invest $50 million over the next several years. Kimmel Joel Illustrator

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Spotlight_Delaware_RunOfBook v2.indd 140 13/09/2019 10:36 Delaware—1,982 sq. miles of living big.

Working in Delaware is serious business. Every day we feed the country, cure diseases, build spacesuits, and finance dreams.

Living here is serious business too. When you want to take a break from a career in one the most innovative states in the country, you can hit one of 17 state parks, hundreds of miles of trails, or unwind on one of the 380 miles of shoreline.

When you really want to get away, you’re in the epicenter of the mid-Atlantic— an easy drive to Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, and D.C.

More opportunities for working. More opportunities for living. That’s what you can expect from a state our size.

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Delaware Prosperity Partnership 1pp.indd 1 13/09/2019 15:36 CHANGING THE WORLD HOW A PAIR OF DELAWARE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS ARE IMPACTING FACT FILE

HEALTH ON A NATIONAL LEVEL Nemours operates two free- standing hospitals, plus 80 primary, specialty and CHRISTIANA CARE and CEO Janice Nevin. “I see a system urgent care locations. One of the largest healthcare providers in where access to care is radically convenient, the Mid-Atlantic region, Christiana Care and that people have the opportunity to Health System is a vital part of the Delaware meet their healthcare needs where they want landscape, both as the state’s leading private them met, in their homes, in their communi- telemedicine infrastructure and history of employer and as an organization that’s inno- ties, and in the hospital when it’s necessary, electronic health records to make pediatric vating around the future of healthcare. but only where it’s necessary.” research more efficient. Nationally, it’s notable for its Gene Edit- “We are highly committed to all three mis- ing Institute—the only research institute of NEMOURS sions of an academic health system, which in- its kind based within a community health- The sole beneficiary of the Alfred I. duPont clude excellence in patient care, research and care system—which puts high-quality sci- Charitable Trust, created following the in- education, and we have very comprehensive ence and lab research close to the patients dustrialist’s death in 1935, the Nemours Chil- programs at all sites in all of those areas,” says it can impact. The system has been lauded dren’s Health System has grown to be one president and CEO Larry Moss. “So not only for its use of virtual reality to improve the of the nation’s largest pediatric health organi- are we committed to taking the best care of experience of patients during chemother- zations, and the only healthcare organization kids with today’s medicine, but we’re creating apy. And its embrace of video and virtual solely focused on children’s health that has a the future here, and generating new knowledge Photos courtesy of Christiana Care, Nemours Photos courtesy of Christiana Care, care technology, including the support of multi-state presence. and technologies that will influence and im- the Health Records on iPhone app, has put Annually, it now serves around 470,000 prove the care of kids in the coming decades.” the organization at the forefront of how IT unique patients with more than 1.7 million Adds Moss, “Five years from now, can facilitate access to high-value care. encounters, but its impact then stretches fur- people will say that Nemours has “I truly envision a system of care that uses ther when you consider its efforts in medical fundamentally impacted the data and technology to create a truly per- education, national advocacy and preven- way America cares for sonalized experience where the technology tion programs, and research that, for exam- children in a positive is enabling the human touch,” says president ple, is exploring ways to leverage Nemours’ direction.”

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In 2018, Christiana Care provided nearly 200,000 ED visits and performed 38,000 surgeries.

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hether it’s the proximity to the nation’s Today, you can see the fruits of this combina- financial and political capitals, a rela- tion in a vibrant business and financial services W tively low cost of doing business, or the industry, in high-tech manufacturing, and in tak- accessibility to key decision-makers that comes ing historic strengths in food and agriculture into from a population of fewer than 1 million people, the 21st century. Delaware has plenty to offer a company looking to “Where Meanwhile, the state’s depth in scientific and relocate or grow. things technological expertise has made it a welcoming But its greatest advantage could be in how home for the likes of Incyte, a global biopharma- these assets foster and benefit a culture of inno- connect in ceutical company that employs more than 1,200 vation that’s arisen through the legacy of DuPont, industries people across the U.S., Europe and Japan. With the work happening at its universities, and in a or places is its focus on rigorous science and R&D excellence, developing entrepreneurial environment that’s the company is committed to the discovery, de- being strongly supported by the state. where the velopment and delivery of new medicines that “Where things connect in industries or places is spark and can improve the lives of patients in oncology and where the spark and innovation happens, and where other diseases. interesting new opportunities are created,” says innovation “When you look at Incyte, it is a large research Kurt Foreman, president and CEO of the Delaware happens” lab with a small pharma company on top of it,” says Prosperity Partnership. “For Delaware, from our chairman, president and CEO Hervé Hoppenot. physical geography, from the way we connect to our “We dedicate a very large share of our resources neighbors because we’re small, I think there’s a his- to research and development, disproportionately toric dynamism here that makes this a special place.” to the rest of the industry, and we have a group of

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Spotlight_Delaware_RunOfBook v2.indd 144 13/09/2019 10:36 chemists and biologists that are leading this effort of identify- Research (STAR) Campus on the site of a former auto assem- ing mechanisms that will be useful to treat some serious disease bly plant, creating a place where innovators, entrepreneurs, where there is no good treatment available.” researchers and students could interact and develop hands-on Originally founded in Delaware in 1991, Adesis has also ben- learning opportunities. That’s a combination that has drawn efited from the state’s innovation environment as it has grown the headquarters of the National Institute for Innovation in to be a leading contract research organization that specializes Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) to locate here—a in organic synthesis—developing and manufacturing special- $435-million investment by UD, the state and federal govern- ized chemical compounds for its clients. Acquired by Universal ment—while Chemours chemical company will also open its Display Corporation in 2016, it remains highly science-driven— global R&D center at the campus in 2020. more than half of its employees have PhDs—and has extensively “The STAR Campus is the next phase in the historic evolu- worked with seven of the top 10 Big Pharma companies, among tion of our campus,” says UD president Dennis Assanis. “We are a wide variety of other customers. already 275 years old, and these 275 acres are going to lead the “We boil our research down to the fundamental synthetic or- way into the next 275 years of our history. ganic chemistry and we’re able to partner throughout different “It’s a place of discovery. It’s a place of intellectual intersec- industries that provide a wide variety of challenges,” says presi- tion. It’s a place that will be the economic engine and beating dent Andrew Cottone. “We work in industries as varied as phar- heart of the state of Delaware.” ma, electronics, eyecare and catalysis. We don’t look at the end Wilmington University was founded in 1968, and now serves a industry, we look at the composition of matter and how we can student body of more than 20,000 traditional students and working solve that chemistry problem.” adults with its variety of career-oriented degree programs. Recog- This innovation environment owes plenty to Delaware’s nized as the most affordable private, non-profit institution in the location in the center of more than 100 universities, medical region, WilmU’s innovation comes in its accessible and flexible schools and community colleges, while the state’s own institu- approach to education, as well as partnerships with the likes of Dis- tions continue to make enormous contributions of their own. ney, in which more than 900 Disney castmates across the nation Able to trace its history back to 1743, the University of Del- are enrolled with WilmU through the Disney Aspire program. aware enrolls more than 24,000 students and supports a ro- “We were the first regional institution to offer predominant- bust research program through more than 75 research ly career-focused academic programs such as business and centers and institutes, generating an annual eco- education,” says president LaVerne Harmon. “Now, 50 nomic impact of $4.7 billion throughout the years later, we’re considered pioneers in delivering Northeast Corridor. FACT FILE real-world education designed to equip students In recent years, the university has estab- with marketable skills. Our faculty are real-world Delaware’s combination of research lished its Science, Technology and Advanced practitioners. They bring their experiences to the universities, labs and research- intensive businesses have led to it having the fourth-highest concentration of employed PhDs in the fields of health, science and engineering.

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The state is ranked classroom. Students not only first in the nation for tain triggers are met, includ- age cluster, among other attractions. learn theory but they learn patents per capita. ing a new 1.2-million TEU Delaware receives around 9 million practical skills and what to ex- container facility at DuPont’s visitors annually, contributing $3.4 bil- pect in the workforce.” former Edgemoor site. lion to the state’s GDP and accounting Elsewhere, Delaware’s connections “This will be a brand-new econom- for more than 43,000 jobs—making it to the Northeast U.S. are well noted, but ic development engine,” says Eric Casey, the state’s fourth-largest private em- businesses are also able to reach the rest CEO of GT USA Wilmington. “It’s going ployer. Beyond its direct impact, the of the world through the Port of Wilm- to have new jobs associated with it, it’s industry’s value is also felt in what it of- ington, the busiest terminal on the Del- going to have increased revenue associat- fers in terms of quality-of-life amenities aware River and North America’s lead- ed with it, and it’s going to have new ex- and in the potential to turn a visit into a ing seaport for the import of fresh fruit. pansions into the community in terms of new resident or business, as well as the It’s also a port that’s primed for growth other jobs that will be supporting mecha- growth of small businesses in ancillary thanks to the 2018 signing of a conces- nisms for the port, that are going to blos- or related market segments. sion deal with the state that granted som around the Edgemoor site.” “There is this beautiful entrepreneurial spirit in Delaware, and as our governor and our administration support small “It’s a place of discovery. It’s a place of intellectual businesses and entrepreneurs, that will intersection. It’s a place that will be the economic continue to grow and more offerings will engine and beating heart of the state of Delaware” become available,” says Liz Keller, director of the Delaware Tourism Office. “We have the beaches but then there are all Gulftainer the exclusive rights to oper- Finally, tourism also remains one of these businesses built off of our beautiful ate and develop the Port of Wilmington the state’s most important industries, beaches that are expanding. Examples are for 50 years. The company has already thanks to the lure of its celebrated beach- water taxis or brew buses that are popping committed to investing more than $600 es, historic mansions and gardens, nation- up around the state. There are lots of op- million in the next decade, provided cer- al music festival, and growing craft bever- portunities to grow the industry.”

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE BEING DISCOVERED IN DEL AWARE. At the FMC Stine Research Center, scientists are leading the advancement of sustainable and productive farming solutions.

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Spotlight_Delaware_RunOfBook v2.indd 146 13/09/2019 15:46 Every journey starts somewhere. Ours began more than 100 years ago when we pledged to serve our neighbors as respectful, expert, caring partners in their health. Along the way, we’ve grown into a health system impacting the health of patients beyond the East Coast.

Today, we’re ranked among the world’s best hospitals.*

And, we’re taking a step forward. We’re advancing personalized care for our community to deliver the right care, at the right time, at the right place — to deliver health, not just health care.

What do we do it all for? FOR THE LOVE OF HEALTHTM

Wherever your journey takes you, all of us at ChristianaCare wish you good health. Newsweek, 2019 Newsweek, *

Learn about our journey at ChristianaCare.org

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POPULATION 559,793 POPULATION 176,824 POPULATION 225,322 THE STORY Grandiose gardens and THE STORY In the center of the state, THE STORY The most southern of the beautiful river valleys meet a vibrant cultural Kent County could as equally be known counties is perhaps best known for its environment in the most northern of the for NASCAR weekends and the popular beautiful beaches and chic coastal resorts, three counties. The legacy of the du Pont Firefly Music Festival as it could be for which continue to draw visitors from family is still keenly felt in both its array of its birdwatching and Amish countryside. across the Northeast, but also offers a rural historic estates and innovative companies Small town charm is all around—including landscape peppered with small towns, all around the city of Wilmington in the capital city of Dover, which offers an with their own distinct personalities DOING BUSINESS The presence of such appealing mix of history and modern culture DOING BUSINESS Agriculture remains a major employers as FMC, DuPont, Bank DOING BUSINESS Home to Delaware major part of the Sussex County economy, of America and Gore speak to New Castle State University and Dover Air Force Base, while tourism is a well-established engine County’s value as an innovation hub across Kent County has identified warehousing and that employs around 15,000 people, but industries as varied as chemicals, advanced distribution, healthcare, business services, and the region is also witnessing an expanding manufacturing and financial services beverage manufacturing as economic drivers healthcare sector plus opportunity in a CAN’T MISS Across 500 acres of preserved CAN’T MISS The Air Mobility Command variety of manufacturing segments natural lands, the Mt. Cuba Center is a non- Museum has the largest and most complete CAN’T MISS One of the nation’s first ‘public profit botanical garden in Hockessin that’s collection of restored U.S. military cargo and lands’, Cape Henlopen State Park spans known for its stunning wildflower displays tanker aircraft in the eastern U.S. more than 5,000 coastal acres and features

WHAT THEY SAY “There are so many WHAT THEY SAY “The majority of our attractions such as Fort Miles, the Seaside Tourism Southern Delaware Tourism, County Kent CVB, Wilmington Photos courtesy of Greater unknowns to discover. The du Pont estates county is rural and it’s absolutely stunning, but Nature Center and numerous campgrounds and Longwood Gardens just over the border it’s also a great place to raise your children, it WHAT THEY SAY “For me, the best thing in PA. The Brandywine River Museum of Art has a good school system throughout and it’s about Sussex County is it’s a great place to with three generations of Wyeth art and the a good place to work. If you don’t want the do business, a great place to operate your Delaware Art Museum with the pre-Raphaelite hustle and bustle of being in a metropolitan business, a great place to live and raise art. Or just the wonderful scenic byways and area, then Kent County is a really good place your family, and you can have it all here.”— trails that let you explore the outdoors”— to live.”—Linda Parkowski, executive director Bill Pfaff, economic development director Sarah Willoughby, executive director of the of the Kent Economic Partnership for Sussex County Greater Wilmington CVB WHAT OTHERS SAY BudgetTravel.com WHAT OTHERS SAY In 2019, Thrillist WHAT OTHERS SAY Livability.com picked named Dover one of the best budget selected Rehoboth Beach as one of the 25 Wilmington as one of its 100 best places to destinations in America’s Northeast in 2018 greatest beach towns in America live in the U.S. in 2019 FACT FILE Kent County-based ILC Dover FACT FILE Every two years, Georgetown FACT FILE Reggae legend Bob Marley has been the primary supplier of spacesuits hosts Return Day, a half-day-long parade

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