Title: Executive Director
Workplace: Kent Economic Partnership
Boards: Riverfront Development, Leadership Delaware, State Division of Parks and Recreation, State Division of Fish and Wildlife, Kent County Tourism
What is your favorite hobby? “Mowing the lawn.”
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.
