CLASS OF
2019
Delaware Girls State Program Highlights

 

 

 

 

DELAWARE GIRLS STATE
NEWSLETTER

Merle
Roth Best All-Around Delegate

Ellie Appleton
Delaware Military Academy

Samsung
Scholarship

Haley Miller
Middletown High School

Girls
Nation

Nia Naylor
Sanford High School

Claudia Offutt
St. Elizabeth High School

Girls Nation
Alternates

Mariam Fondong
Caesar Rodney High School

Amy
Ndiaye
Smyrna
High School

Party
Chairman

Federalist Party

Raven Gaeta
First State Military

Nationalist Party

Ellie Appleton
Delaware Military Academy

Party
Secretaries

Federalist Party

Beth Davis
Conrad Schools of Science

Nationalist Party

Raynell Crook
Brooke Point High School

The Candidates and Campaign
Managers

 

Office Candidates Party Campaign
Manager
Governor Clara-Rosa Hertzog Federalist Party Isabella Dunning
  Ikwesilotuto (Kay)
Ezeh		 Nationalist Party Caitlin Wrinn
Lt.
Governor
 Isabella Andaya Federalist Party Safiyyah Wilson
  Deborah Olatunji Nationalist Party Maryam Woods
Secretary of
State
 Alyssa Lee Federalist Party Shreeya Parekh
  Shreya Mehta Nationalist Party Alexis Nowack
 Attorney
General
 Dorcas Olatunji Federalist Party Olivia Farris
  Sandra Thuku Nationalist Party Amy Ndiaye
 State
Treasurer
 Marley Fishburn Federalist Party Riley Murray
  Kaila McCabe Nationalist Party Lahna Chagaris
Auditor of
Accounts
 Lelah Tehmeh Federalist Party Delaney Meginniss
  Brianna Pickle Nationalist Party Haley Miller
Insurance
Commissioner
 Julia Bacci Federalist Party Alexis Sterling
  Ruhi Khan Nationalist Party Anna Morris
Secretary of
Education		 Allison Lawson Federalist Party Jaya Penn
  Zoe Quevedo Nationalist Party Mikayla
Dolo-Pittman
Office of Safety
& Homeland Security		 Annabelle Ryu Federalist Party Ashlyn Darling
  Nia Naylor Nationalist Party Kylie Wagner
 

Elected Officials

Governor Clara-Rosa Hertzog Cape Henlopen High
School
Lt.
Governor		 Deborah Olatunji Charter School of
Wilmington
Secretary of
State		 Alyssa Lee MOT Charter School
Attorney
General		 Dorcas Olatunji Charter School of
Wilmington
State
Treasurer		 Kaila McCabe Indian River High
School
Auditor of
Accounts		 Lelah Tehmeh Newark High School
Insurance
Commissioner		 Ruhi Khan Newark Charter High
School
Secretary of
Education		 Allison Lawson Lake Forest High
School
Office of Safety
& Homeland Security		 Annabelle Ryu Charter School of
Wilmington

Legislative
Branch

 Senate  

 Senate Leadership

President Pro
Tempore		 Ikwesilotuto (Kay)
Ezeh		 First State Military
Academy
Majority
Leader		 Caitlin Wrinn MOT Charter High
School
Majority
Whip		 Adrianna Kaminski Smyrna High School
Minority
Leader		 Riley Murray Indian River High
School
Minority
Whip		 Emma Evan Sussex Central High
School
Secretary of the
Senate		 Isabella Dunning First State Military
Academy
Sgt. At
Arms		 Karlee Davidson Seaford High
School

Senate Federalist Party
Caucus

Isabella Andaya Caesar Rodney High
School
Clara-Rosa Hertzog Cape Henlopen High
School
Annabelle Ryu Charter School of
Wilmington
Julia Bacci Delaware Military
Academy
Ashlyn Darling Dover High School
Isabella Dunning First State Military
Academy
Riley Murray Indian River High
School
Jaya Penn Middletown High
School
Lelah Tehmeh Newark High school
Alessandra
Prezioso		 Sanford High
School
Marley Fishburn Seaford High
School
Delaney Meginniss Smyrna High School
Jane Godfrey St. Thomas More
Academy
Emma Evan Sussex Central High
School
Janay Smith Thomas McKean High
School

Senate Nationalist Party
Caucus

Sandra Thuku Appoquinimink High
School
Alexis Nowak Cab Calloway School of
the Arts
Shekinah Cannon Calvary Christian
Academy
Abigail Diaz Charter School of
Wilmington
Disha Thakar Concord High
School
Ellie Appleton Delaware Military
Academy
Kaila McCabe Indian River High
School
Brianna Pickle Lake Forest High
School
Haley Miller Middletown High
School
Caitlin Wrinn MOT Charter High
School
Mikayla
Dolo-Pittman		 Newark High school
Nia Naylor Sanford High
School
Karlee Davidson Seaford High
School
Adrianna Kaminski Smyrna High School
Megan Somers St. Elizabeth High
School
Bridget Cosgrove Sussex Academy High
School
Zoe Quevedo Sussex Technical High
School

House of
Representatives

House Leadership

Speaker of the
House		 Isabella Andaya Caesar Rodney High
School
Majority
Leader		 Claudia Offutt St. Elizabeth High
School
Majority
Whip		 Micaela Maxwell Caesar Rodney High
School
Minority
Leader		 Mariam Fondong Caesar Rodney High
School
Minority
Whip		 Amy Ndiaye Smyrna High School
Chief
Clerk		 Nia Naylor Sanford High
School
Sgt. At
Arms		 Olivia Farris DMA

 

 

House Federalist
Party Caucus

Shreeya
Parekh		 Appoquinimink
High School
Sophia
Block		 Cab Calloway
School of the Arts
Micaela
Maxwell		 Caesar Rodney
High School
Colleen
Sheridan		 Carvel
Academy
Dorcas
Olatunji		 Charter
School of Wilmington
Beth
Davis		 Conrad School
of Science
Olivia
Farris		 Delaware
Military Academy
Raven
Gaeta		 First State
Military Academy
Allison
Lawson		 Lake Forest
High School
Katelyn
Fuller		 Middletown
High School
Alyssa
Lee		 MOT Charter
High School
Safiyyah
Wilson		 Newark
Charter High School
Melissa Perez
Kangel		 Smyrna High
School
Claudia
Offutt		 St. Elizabeth
High School
Alexis
Sterling		 St. Thomas
More Academy
Sharnae
Harmon		 Sussex
Technical High School

 

House Nationalist
Party Caucus

Shreya Mehta Appoquinimink
High School
Raynell
Crook		 Brooke
Point High School
Mariam
Fondong		 Caesar
Rodney High School
Anna
Morris		 Cape
Henlopen High School
Maya
Patel		 Carvel
Academy
Deborah
Olatunji		 Charter
School of Wilmington
Victoria
Brown		 Conrad
School of Science
Ikwesilotuto
Ezeh		 First
State Military Academy
Lahna
Chagaris		 Lake
Forest High School
Kylie
Wagner		 Middletown
High School
Ruhi
Khan		 Newark
Charter High School
Maryam
Woods		 Odyssey
Charter High School
Yessica
Galvez-Borja		 Seaford
High School
Amy
Ndiaye		 Smyrna
High School
Margaret
Kosior		 St.
Thomas More Academy
Tania
Zuniga Sosa		 Thomas
McKean High School

 

Executive
Branch Agencies

DNREC Shreya
Mehta		 Appoquinimink
High School
Secretary
of Finance		 Sandra
Thuku		 Appoquinimink
High School
Commissioner
of Corrections		 Marley
Fishburn		 Seaford
High School
Director
of the Office of Management and
Budget
Controller
General		 Brianna
Pickle		 Lake
Forest High School
Mayor
City of Dover		 Julia
Bacci		 Delaware
Military Academy
City
of Dover Police		 Zoe
Quevedo		 Sussex
Technical High School
House
of Representatives Chief Clerk		 Nia
Naylor		 Sanford
High School

 

 

Delaware Girl State
Volunteer Staff

Lisa McCarley Program Director
Arnita Coleman Counselor
Jennifer Beck Counselor
Deneen Behrens Counselor
Johnsenia
Brooks		 Counselor
Suzanne
Burchett		 Counselor
Jenny
Havel		 Counselor
Gerry
Kuhlman		 Counselor
Wyatt
Patterson		 Jr.
Counselor
Nicole
Pilla		 Jr.
Counselor
Madison
Rice		 Jr.
Counselor

 

 

 

Press
Corps

Jane
Godfrey		 St.
Thomas More Academy
Tania
Zuniga Sosa		 Thomas
McKean High School
Disha
Thakar   		 Concord
High School
Safiyyah
Wilson 		 Newark
Charter School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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