Thursday, November 3, 2022
6:00 – 9:00 pm EST
Hotel Du Pont / Gold Ballroom
42 W. 11th St.
Wilmington, DE 19801
World Trade Center Delaware Gala returns on November 3 in the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel DuPont for the first time since 2019. We are all very excited to celebrate the achievements of the region’s international business community and meet with our colleagues and friends in an intimate setting during the cocktail hour and dinner.
Deputy US Trade Representative Ambassador Sarah Bianchi will attend and speak, and Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester will offer greetings. Delegations will come from overseas and Emissaries travel from Washington to attend the Gala.
We are honoring Delaware Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock as our Champion of Trade. GT USA Wilmington, (Gulftainer), the operator of the Port of Wilmington is our Large Company International Innovator and Batta Environmental Associates is our Small Company International Innovator. Donate Delaware is being named as International Humanitarian for its tireless efforts during the COVID pandemic and its work in Ukraine and Africa to meet medical equipment needs.
As in previous years, we will feature and up and coming local performer. Danielle Alura, A. I. DuPont High School and University of Delaware graduate who was recently named Miss Global USA will join us to sing the national anthems of the United States and those of the foreign delegations attending the Gala.
