Delana Durough

Biography and Professional Achievements

Delana Durough was born and bred on a farm in northeast Pennsylvania, where she began to see how business can be an opportunity to model the kingdom of God. In both her undergraduate and graduate experience, she spent significant time studying overseas (China, Japan, and the Middle East), and since then has felt most at home when traveling and surrounded by diverse cultures and experiences. During her master’s program, Delana focused on the economic and political leadership prospects of post-war reconstruction in Iraq. Currently, she focuses on the private and public sector efforts toward sustainable and holistic economic development in communities in the U.S. and overseas.

Delana’s professional experience is in investment banking, particularly credit analysis and structured finance in the natural resource sectors and socially-focused private equity. She also spent several years as the chief business administrator of a public school district in Pennsylvania. Delana has taught at the university level for seven years; previously she was department chair of the Business program at Clarks Summit University. She has served as a mentor to members of Denver metro’s refugee and homeless populations, and currently serves as an advisor to a non-profit ministry organization in South Africa. Delana shares her love of teaching, sushi, and all things international with her husband, Robert. They live in Lakewood, Colorado, and spend as much time with college students as they can.