RICHMOND, VA - Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that 11 companies across the Commonwealth have graduated from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program. VALET, which now has more than 350 graduated companies, assists Virginia exporters that have firmly established domestic operations and are committed to international exporting as a growth strategy.

Lisa Wallmeyer serves as General Counsel at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, where she provides guidance on legal and policy matters.

EAB, the leading provider of education research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions, will invest at least $6 million and add more than 200 jobs in Henrico County over the next five years.

Educational institutions across Virginia are finding innovative ways to work with businesses to provide a pipeline of potential employees while also creating better employment outcomes for the students they serve. 

Piedmont Virginia Community College offers the Commonwealth’s only workforce training certificate programs for training future viticulturists, winemakers, brewers, and tasting room managers. 

As the pandemic led people to expand their homes and demand increased for their services, Trex Company, Inc., reached out to the Workforce Solutions department at nearby Laurel Ridge Community College to provide company employees with leadership training.  

Blue Ridge Community College is providing a growing number of students quality cybersecurity training at no or low cost in a three-month program.