Delaware Celebrates Women & Girls in STEM

Delaware Celebrates Women & Girls in STEM

 Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay presented a Proclamation, and the General Assembly unanimously passed a Concurrent Resolution declaring March 25, 2025 as Delaware Women and Girls in STEM Day. This was the fifth annual celebration of women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and math in the State of Delaware. The special event was initiated in 2021 by Jacqueline Means, The STEM Queen and Founder of the Girls Empowerment STEM Initiative.

To mark the occasion, MWM-DE, announced this year’s Outstanding Delaware Women in STEM. This annual recognition highlights the accomplishments, brilliance, and tenacity of women in STEM, as well as illuminates scientific and technological career pathways for Delaware girls.

The 2025 Outstanding Delaware Women in STEM Honorees:

DEANNA Bledsoe | Founder & CEO of Kai Coders

JEANNIE Epps, Ph.D. | Dir. of Applied Technology & Evaluation at Terumo Medical Corporation

LAUREN Genova, Ph.D. | Asst. Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UD

SHANTÉ Hastings, PE | Secretary of the Delaware Department of Transportation

JAMIE Holmes, Ph.D | Medical Science Liaison Trainer with Amplity Health

JOLYN Kirby, M.D. | Senior Medical Director at Incyte Corporation

ELIZABETH Shea, Ph.D. | Curator of Mollusks & Dir. of Collections at DE Museum of Nature & Science

HELEN Stimson | Executive in Residence at UD College of Engineering

MAXINE Taylor | Rapid Customer Sampling Group Leader at DuPont

AMBER Young | VP of Technical Services at Pepco Holdings

 

Congratulations to the 2025 Outstanding Delaware Women in STEM!

Million Women Mentors is the premier network dedicated to encouraging girls and women around the world to pursue, persist and succeed in STEM careers. The Delaware STEM Council and DFSME are partners in the event along with MWM-DE and the Office of the Governor, State of Delaware.