Jonathan Starkey
Instructor, M.A. in Strategic Communication
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
​Jonathan Starkey, a former reporter and communications director to Delaware Governor John Carney, now works as director of Corporate Communications at Sallie Mae in Newark. As communications director and deputy chief of staff in Governor Carney's office from 2016 to 2022, Jonathan led public messaging efforts statewide, helping shape and pass priorities including historic new funding for low-income students and English learners, paid parental leave, raising the tobacco-purchasing age to 21, and the largest infrastructure plan in Delaware history. Jonathan also managed COVID-19 messaging and communications for Governor Carney and the State of Delaware throughout the pandemic. Previously, he covered politics and business for The News Journal in Wilmington and Dover. Jonathan has an M.A. in Journalism from New York University.
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