CHEF welcomes new board member Marni Puente

The Cape Henlopen Educational Foundation has elected Marni Puente to a three-year term on its board of directors.

A marketing and communications leader with extensive experience shaping and managing frontline communication strategies across diverse industries, Puente currently serves as the innovation marketing leader for KPMG U.S., a Big Four accounting firm. With more than 20 years of experience in her field, Puente has worked for prestigious organizations such as Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, BearingPoint and the Smithsonian Institution. 

She is passionate about education and helping children with disabilities. As the mother of a child with autism, Puente is an advocate for special needs children and serves as head of the Autism Speaks executive leadership and national development committees. At KPMG, she has helped establish a Neurodiversity @ Work program and serves as co-lead for the caregiver community of the Abilities in Motion Business Resource Group. 

Puente and her husband moved to Delaware full time in 2022 from the Washington, D.C. area. They have two children in the Cape Henlopen School District, one at Rehoboth Elementary and one at the Sussex Consortium. 
 
She holds a master’s degree in communications management from Towson University and a bachelor of arts degree from Johns Hopkins University.

“Marni’s expertise is marketing and communications, and her passion for education will make her a great addition to our board,” said Rick Grier-Reynolds, CHEF president.

CHEF has been a nonprofit strategic partner of the Cape Henlopen School District since 2007. For the latest information about how CHEF is providing Cape students in kindergarten through 12th grade with the tools they need to excel in school and life, go to chef-cape.org.