Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce names Executive Director Deanna Strand David K. Bamford Educator of the Year. Deanna Strand says when the board told her about the award, she thought, “No. Not me. Anyone else in my organization is more deserving than me. I’m not an educator. I
don’t work directly with students. My job is to clear the way for my staff so they can do the important work, the real work, the hard work. Like our office manager, who greets every nervous student with a smile, listens patiently as they struggle with limited English and gently escorts them to their class, despite the mountain of data entry she has to enter.