Introducing NYPA’s Interns
Welcome to NYPA’s 2018 Summer Intern blog series. Each week, we’ll be featuring several interns working across NYPA’s various sites and departments. Read on to learn more about our interns and why they chose to work at NYPA!
Many developmental interns have taken full-time positions at NYPA. NYPA was named one of America’s Best Mid-Size Employers by Forbes in 2018. To search openings, visit nypa.gov/careers.
Alex Macy is an Energy Control Center Intern at NYPA’s Clark Energy Center. He is from Liverpool, NY and is pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. He said he finds his favorite classes are his engineering courses because he finds them the most interesting and likes how they are relevant to his major. He also said that he finds the electrical power industry the most interesting aspect of the energy industry because he “has always been interested in electricity and electronics.” Alex explained that he likes working at NYPA because he enjoys “working with the NYPA engineers and having them show [him] the process of working in the energy industry.” In five years, Alex hopes to be working as a full time engineer at NYPA.
Kaity Richvalsky is a Human Resources Intern at NYPA’s Clark Energy Center. She is from Richfield Springs, NY and is currently pursuing a degree in Business Administration with a minor in Human Resources from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. She said her favorite classes are her business classes because her professors are “the absolute best” and they teach from a real world perspective in order to help their student’s careers. She finds the energy industry interesting because she enjoys learning about how energy is produced and distributed to so many people, and she likes working at NYPA because “every day there is something new to learn and new to see.” In five years she hopes to be working as an HR manager, maybe at NYPA!
Austin Brand is an Operations Intern at NYPA’s St. Lawrence site. He is from Johnstown, NY and is currently studying Electrical Engineering at Clarkson University. There, he said he most enjoys his lab classes because he is able to see “electrical components working and not just on a piece of paper.” Regarding the energy industry, he is most interested in how electricity is generated and he said he likes working at NYPA because he enjoys “learning so many different aspects of what is takes to run the FDR Power Project.” as well as “learning how important it is for each department to communicate with each other.” Austin also explained that in five years he hopes to be working at a power generator facility either as an operator or electrical engineer.