Don Weisenforth
Senior Vice President of Manufacturing Solutions at the Center for Economic Growth (CEG) and Center Director for the Capital Region NY Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP).
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Aug 12, 2026
Matt GrattanGUEST
We talk to employers all the time that say, we need more kids to explore this career path.
Don WiesenforthGUEST
And so one of the things we're also doing, just to back it up before that, is we launched a program two years ago called What's So Cool About Manufacturing.
Don WiesenforthGUEST
For that, whenever I talk to them or even any parents and I say, by the way, how many manufacturers are in the Capital Region? They tell me two, 25, 50, 60.
Don WiesenforthGUEST
When I say 900, they're like, really? And then they, you know, the parents have no idea that the pre-apprenticeship is a pathway that the kid could go to college.
