My Background 

Community leader and business leader;

Owner & manager of marinas for 25 years;

Trade association founder & president;

Community organizer;

Served the public on committees & commissions.

Founder & first president of Citizens for a Better Sussex - CBS;

Testified at major hearings on land use, zoning, energy & the environment with a successful track record.

For CBS, effectively lobbied the state legislature for fairer representation of Eastern Sussex Countians on the County Council; as a result two bills passed the House.

Gave seminars on energy conservation & clean energy including a possible offshore wind farm off Sussex shores. As a volunteer I lobbied the Delaware Legislature for the Bluewater Wind Farm. Now DE may be the1st state with an offshore wind farm offering 500 new union jobs.

Co-founder of the Plantation Road Coalition & the No Build Coalition to protect Midway area farms, homes and minority communities from unwise transportation decisions.

Graduate of Trinity University in Washington, DC with a degree in International Studies/Business Tract & a Minor in Spanish.

Married to Bill Deaver; we have 5 children & 5 grandchildren.

Bill and Joan live in the family home at 19208 Plantation Road, Rehoboth, DE 19971