Senate Executive Committee holds confirmation hearings for Enhanced 911 chair, pension trustee and two DIAA nominees

Senator David Sokola, chair of the Senate Executive Committee, presided over confirmation hearings on multiple gubernatorial nominees during a hybrid committee meeting.

The committee heard presentations from Joshua Bushweller, nominated to the Enhanced 911 Emergency Reporting System board; Jeffrey A. Reeves, nominated to the Board of Pension Trustees; and William R. Schultz and Lauren DeSabatino, both nominated to the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA). Each nominee described their background and answered questions from committee members.

Joshua Bushweller, nominated for the Enhanced 911 board, described nearly three decades with the Delaware State Police and said he had worked “very closely with our 9 1 1 services, both from the police, fire, and EMS side.” He told the committee he is “honored to be considered for the position of chair of the…enhanced 9 1 1 board” and said his priorities would…