WTC Delaware Board Welcomes State Senator

Apr 30, 2021

World Trade Center Delaware is pleased to announce that Delaware Sen. Nicole Poore has become its newest Board member.


“I am thrilled to join World Trade Center Delaware’s board of directors and I look forward to helping to advance their mission of bringing Delaware to the world,” Sen. Poore said. “WTC DE is the First State’s premier international business resource and I’m excited to help grow Delaware’s small business community by working to expand their reach and build their customer base.”
Sen. Nicole Poore represents the 12th Senate District, which includes most of New Castle and Bear, all of Delaware City and communities south of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, including Whitehall, Bayberry and others.

“We are excited to have such an esteemed legislative representative on our Board of Directors,” said WTC DE President Carla Stone. “We hope Senator Poore will help facilitate our local and global connections as a direct liaison to our state legislature and we welcome her as a huge asset to achieving our mission in the future.”
Raised in New Castle’s Jefferson Farms community, Sen. Poore graduated from St. Elizabeth’s High School in 1990 and earned an associate degree in criminal justice from Delaware Technical Community College and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Wilmington University.

She joined her brother in building a successful healthcare staffing startup that was later sold to Welsch Carson, one of the largest investment firms in the United States. Sen. Poore then became a senior client services manager for Agile 1, where she handled workforce solutions for the DuPont Co. Her professional and volunteer experience also includes serving as a member of the Delaware Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, volunteer work with the Rape Crisis Center and a stint as Exceptional Care for Children’s director of development. She is currently the president of Jobs for Delaware Graduates, a nonprofit that helps students connect with sustainable, skills-based career opportunities.

Sen. Poore’s interest in government policy began after the birth of her oldest son Nicholas, who was diagnosed cerebral palsy. Her activism in the special-needs community led to a successful 2012 bid for state Senate. Following her unchallenged bid for reelection in 2016, Sen. Poore was selected to serve as Senate Majority Whip by her peers. She then served as Senate Majority Leader from 2019 to 2021.

Sen. Poore currently chairs the Joint Capital Improvement Committee and serves as vice chair of both the Senate Health & Social Services Committee and the Senate Labor Committee. She also sits on the Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee.
She and her husband Billy live in New Castle with their three children.