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David L. Raizk has a more than half-century affiliation with Wilmington College as student, alumnus, summer theatre co-founder and member of the Board of Trustees. A native of Wilmington, David attended the College from 1968 to 1973 and, during that time, became WC's first president of the Student Government Assn. He later co-founded the Wilmington College Summer Festival of Arts, which continues to this day as the Wilmington College/Community Summer Theatre. David was a member of the College's Board of Trustees from 1992 through 2006 and served on three presidential search committees. The College conferred upon him an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2012. Until 2022 David was the general manager at Bill Marine Ford, a position he had held since 1978. He is currently a sales consultant for Busam Ford Lincoln. David has served as executive director of the Community Improvement Corporation since 2013. The mayor of Wilmington from 2000 to 2011, he previously held positions as Wilmington's director of public safety (1981-1983) and president of Wilmington City Council (1984-1999). A Quaker and member of Wilmington Friends Meeting, David is married to Mary Ann, who served on the Board of Trustees from 2008 to 2020. They have two daughters, Leyla (Kevin Shay) and Lauren, the latter of whom with her husband, Joshua Wulff, are members of WC's Class of 1999. David and Mary Ann have two grandchildren, Holden and Barrett Wulff.