Jack Markell served from 2009-2017 as the Governor of Delaware. During his tenure, Delaware emerged from the great recession with the strongest job growth in the region and among the best private sector wage growth in the country. In addition to leading Delaware to win the first Race to the Top Grant, Mr. Markell led significant investments in improved early childhood education, language immersion programs, heightened college access for low-income students and some of the most aggressive workforce development efforts in the country. Prior to public service, Mr. Markell helped lead the wireless technology revolution as the 13th employee at Nextel (a name he coined), where he served as SVP, Corporate Development. He also worked at Comcast Corporation and McKinsey and Company. Mr. Markell serves on the boards of Graham Holdings, Symbiont.io., Vemo Education, and Strada Education In the not-for-profit sector, he is a board member of Upstream USA and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.