Joseph Delaney, Deloitte & Touche
“Mentoring the students throughout a school year in developing proposals and solving business problems related to the school’s VE business helps us to identify bright young people who have the talent, initiative and desire to enter a career in professional services, and groom the next generation of employees.”

Business partners play an integral role in helping shape the VE firm, the students, as well as the program at large. Business partners may:

• provide advice and guidance to the students on various business issues during the implementation and development phase of the VE firm
• provide samples of services, products, forms, policies, pricelists, catalogs, market research, etc., so students have models for their own enterprise
• provide advice, guidance and in-kind contributions (display materials, sample products) in the development of a firm’s trade fair booth
• provide mentoring and shadowing opportunities for students and teachers
• host paid, professional internships
• arrange field trips to their company
• deliver student and/or teacher workshops
• review and support VE curricula
• serve as a judge at a VE competition

The following partners support VEI networks in New York City and across the United States. We owe them our gratitude for their commitment to helping young people make the transition from school to career and for helping to prepare the next generation of our workforce. This list includes corporate, post-secondary, government and not-for-profit supporters.

NYC Advisory Board

National Partners