2026 DeRocco Fellows Info Session

Join us for a brief overview of the Emily Stover DeRocco Advanced Manufacturing Fellowship and how employers and partners can engage in the 2026 cohort. We’ll share an overview of the Fellowship, the value to participating organizations, hosting expectations, and key nomination timelines.

About DeRocco Fellows

Emily Stover DeRocco was a connector. She believed in “linking and leveraging” people and resources for the greater good. Whether in her role as Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Labor, the President of the Manufacturing Institute, or in any of her many leadership roles on corporate and academic boards, Emily believed in the power of work and the right for every individual to have the opportunity to “work hard at work worth doing.”

The DeRocco Fellowship program has been developed to honor the impact of Emily’s career in education and workforce development and to provide a pathway to leadership for young women in advanced manufacturing, the industry sector that was closest to Emily’s heart and the focus of the last 10 years of her career.

The DeRocco Fellowship offers women enrolled in an postsecondary program – at a university or a community college- the opportunity to develop leadership skills and build professional networks during their summer advanced manufacturing work experience.