DeWITT, N.Y. — MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, announced that Justyna Valencia has joined the organization as a workforce-development specialist.
In her role, Valencia will support MACNY’s New York State Manufacturers Intermediary Apprenticeship Program (NYSMIAP). She will play an integral role in maintaining relationships with new and existing companies participating in NYSMIAP, while also coordinating related instruction and on-the-job training for apprentices, MACNY said in a release. Valencia will also be actively engaged in workforce-development initiatives supporting the expansion of the current apprenticeship program as well as new initiatives that support critical industry sectors such as the semiconductor and green-energy supply chains statewide.
Most recently, Valencia was the customer-success agent and onboarding specialist at StorySlab, a Syracuse–based software firm that caters to B2B field sales teams. Prior to that, she spent 13 years at JADAK, A Novanta Company, in several roles, including manufacturing operator, documentation technician/quality assurance assistant, and senior marketing-communications specialist. Valencia holds an associate degree in applied science, with a concentration in early childhood education, from SUNY Cobleskill.
