DVIRC Dream Team
Inspiring High School students to explore careers in manufacturing.
Inspiring High School students to explore careers in manufacturing.
DVIRC Dream Team is a manufacturing career awareness program that recruits young manufacturing professionals from area companies to serve as ‘ambassadors’ for manufacturing careers by visiting targeted high schools and sharing about the requirements and rewards of their profession to students, teachers, and administrators.
The goal of this effort is to get more high-school students to think about manufacturing-related post-secondary education and careers.
The purpose of the DVIRC Dream Team Program is to grow the talent pool of students pursuing manufacturing-related education and increase the number of students interested in STEM careers so they can become skilled employees at area manufacturing companies.
One of the most effective ways to expose area students to STEM careers, technology, and modern manufacturing environments is by introducing them to young successful employees who work in the field. The demographic in Southeast Pennsylvania includes a large and growing population of African Americans,
Latin Americans, and women. Young people relate to ‘champions’ that look like and are close in age to them and having young ambassadors reflect these demographics through diversity, equity, and inclusion enhances the program’s success.
Meet our amazing Dream Team ambassadors! Ambassadors share their stories with high schoolers to help unlock interest among students to consider similar STEM careers.
Plant Support Specialist | Colorcon
Manufacturing Technician | Southco
Global Manager, Information Systems & Technology | Bracalente
Process Engineer | Johnson Matthey
AW609 Electrical Systems Engineer | Leonardo
Additive Manufacturing Manager | Globus Medical
Automation Engineer | Greene, Tweed & Co.
Continuous Improvement Engineer | Johnson Matthey
Engineering Manager | Ameriscend
Development Engineer I | Greene, Tweed & Co.
Production Technician | Polysciences
Systems Control Engineer | Greene, Tweed & Co.
Mgr, Proj Mgmt, Planning and Scheduling | PDC Machines
Manufacturing Engineer | Greene, Tweed & Co.
Automation Engineer | Greene, Tweed & Co.
Process Technician | LavAzza
Bringing an awareness of manufacturing into high schools and career and technical schools
Heightened awareness by teachers and administrators
Student awareness of advanced manufacturing
Increased interest in STEM and technical education by students and parents
Helping students learn about and understand the broad range of rewarding careers in manufacturing
Donate to support this program or contact our Director of Workforce Engagement, Hannah McGarry, to see how you can get involved today.