DVIRC Dream Team

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.

Meet Tim Brown from Southco.

Meet Lisa Miller from Greene Tweed Co.

Meet RJ Lualhati from Globus Medical.

Purpose

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.

Dream Team Ambassadors

Meet our amazing Dream Team ambassadors! Ambassadors share their stories with high schoolers to help unlock interest among students to consider similar STEM careers.

Tim Brown

Manufacturing Technician

Southco

Bridget Casey

Global Manager, Information Systems & Technology

Bracalente

Nico de Sousa Serro

Lean/Continuous Improvement Content Expert

DVIRC

Hannah Dixon

Process Engineer

Johnson Matthey

Alec Dufresne

Quality Engineer

ThermOmega Tech

Jon Etter

President

B & G Manufacturing

Marissa Jackson

Manufacturing Project Manager

Lockheed Martin

DaeQuan Jordan-Stead

Welding Supervisor

DeVal

Carly Loonstyn

Advanced Technology Research Manager

DVIRC

RJ Lualhati

Additive Manufacturing Manager

Globus Medical

Lisa Miller

Automation Engineer

Greene, Tweed & Co.

John O’Sullivan

Manufacturing Project Manager

Lockheed Martin

Alex Ramirez

Industrial Engineer

Lockheed Martin

Kevin Ravasio

Engineering Manager

Ameriscend

Molly Rind

Development Engineer I

Greene, Tweed & Co.

Jaclyn Slivka

Manufacturing Engineer

Greene, Tweed & Co.

Gunner Spain

Research Analyst

DVIRC

Nadine Trombley

Mgr, Proj Mgmt, Planning and Scheduling

PDC Machines

Durell Williams

Process Technician

LavAzza

Benefits

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