C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N. NOW

06/02/2026

Last week CHAMPION Now! Awarded the SECOND annual Jerry R. Iverson Memorial Manufacturing (engineering) Scholarship. The scholarship resides at TAFT High School in Chicago, IL. (My father’s and both uncle’s Alma mater). Last year notably our family celebrated 100 years in the manufacturing sector. This started by my grandfather in 1925 in Chicago working for Hardinge. Taft will continue to host the annual scholarship going forward.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving blessings to all our advanced manufacturers in our country, as well as all of us who appreciate the products that they provide us! Blessing abound to all.

10/17/2025

Grateful for the opportunity yesterday to Keynote at Manufacturing Month Luncheon 2025 @ Western Technical College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. What an awesome new automation lab they now feature in The Wanek Center of Innovation. I continue to carry the CHAMPION Now Flag forward.

06/08/2025

Last week CHAMPION Now! Awarded the first annual Jerry R. Iverson Memorial Manufacturing (engineering) Scholarship. The scholarship will reside at TAFT High School in Chicago, IL. (My father’s and both uncle’s Alma mater). This year notably our family celebrates 100 years in the manufacturing sector. This started by my grandfather in 1925 in Chicago working for Hardinge. Taft will host this annual scholarship going forward.

06/08/2025

Awesome!

Not even out of high school yet, these shop students are already landing job offers in skilled trades that pay $70,000 a year. 🔗: https://on.wsj.com/4kr6wgk

03/06/2025

https://dailynewsnetwork.com/2025/shows/the-horses-mouth/the-horses-mouth-terry-iverson-major-harding-and-carolyn-mcclure/

So grateful to be included on Tom McManus’ “The Horse’s Mouth Podcast”. Sitting next to fellow Bolles Alum Major Harding. Both Tom & Carolyn McClure have ties to Chicago.

Watch The Horses Mouth Terry Iverson, Major Harding and Carolyn McClure on the Daily News Network website.

01/03/2025

Great interview with Alicia Koepke (Chippewa Middle School) from final 2024 Camp CHAMP session. Thank you to Cutting Tool Engineering. Looking forward to an even more impactful 2025 for CHAMPION Now!

10/24/2024

Very excited to have an article published in Moldmaking Technology.
Anyone interested in getting involved please feel free to contact me through the orgranization. www.CHAMPIONNow.org

Decades of mentoring helped launch an initiative to promote manufacturing careers and empower youth nationwide. We spoke with Terry M. Iverson, C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N. NOWFounder, on how they help to change the image of manufacturing and inspire manufacturing career choices. Read the conversation here: https://bit.ly/3UgeCxk

10/11/2024

I am very grateful and honored for the opportunity to speak about a subject for which I have a great deal of passion. The attached article is a short summary of Siemens CEO Barbara Humpton’s Optimistic Outlook podcast. She certainly is leading the CHAMPION Now! Path in the advocacy for much needed skilled manufacturing workers for our USA workforce.

By: Corporate Communications

10/03/2024

This is one of the first times I have had a podcast interview morph into an article. To have something written about a conversation I had with Barbara Humpton is an absolute honor and just fills me with gratitude. In celebration of Manufacturing Day day after tomorrow please pass on the word!

Barbara Humpton, Siemens Barbara Humpton, president and CEO of Siemens Corp., hosted Terry Iverson, founder of CHAMPION Now and author of "Inspiring Ch ...