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Delaware Division of the Arts

2023 Delaware Arts Summit Workshop Speakers

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Dori Kelner, Principal

Insightful Culture

Dori Kelner is a seasoned tech professional who has seamlessly transitioned into the role of a corporate wellness advocate. Drawing from decades of experience in the high-pressure tech industry, Dori skillfully guides individuals and organizations towards holistic well-being, fostering a harmonious balance between the demands of the modern workplace and the cultivation of resilience, mindfulness, and personal growth.

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Rebecca Mwase

Theater and performance artist, creative consultant, producer, educator and cultural organizer

Rebecca Mwase is a multi-disciplinary artist, ritualist, parent and community builder. My work is to midwife myself and others through sacred ceremonial processes that inspire, instigate and assist them to heal and become the most fully realized versions of themselves. Each process is an initiation for me, a birth/death/rebirth process that brings me closer to being my freest self. The containers I build and processes I lead support our progression towards a true sense of belonging in our bodies and in the ecosystem of our Earth.

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Patricia Rivera

CEO and Founder, Hook PR & Marketing

Patricia is Hook’s leader and visionary, providing high-level counsel to organizations throughout the mid-Atlantic – building their brands with strategic stories and content across multiple channels and in multiple languages. She founded Hook in 2007 after an award-winning career in journalism, working for The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, and The News Journal. Patricia received the Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year Award from New Castle County Chamber of Commerce and the Delaware Minority-Owned Business of the Year Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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Benjamin Wagner

Founder, Essential Industries, Inc.

Benjamin Wagner is a consultant, creative and founder of Essential Industries Incorporated, a boutique coaching and consulting firm specializing in individual and organizational strategy, transformation and communications.

From his half-decade helping launch Facebook’s Journalism Project globally and his tenure transforming MTV News, to his award-winning PBS documentary, Mister Rogers & Me, podcast and forthcoming Friends & Neighbors documentary, Benjamin’s focus is the essential nature of our shared human experience.