The MSFPC® Team is committed to improving student financial wellness and changing student’s financial behavior, resulting in improved academic success, persistence, credential completion and lifelong financial health. Our team is comprised of workforce and financial education professionals who strive to ensure that first generation, racially minoritized and economically disadvantaged students build healthy financial behaviors.
Executive Director
Dr. Darlene G. Miller is the Executive Director/CEO of MSFCP. Dr. Miller spent 13 years as the CEO and Executive Director of the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE). Under her leadership, NCWE was recognized as ‘the national organization’ for workforce education. She has over 25 years’ experience working in community colleges. Prior to joining NCWE, she served as President of Manchester Community College (MCC) in New Hampshire. She received her Doctorate Degree in Higher Education Administration and Policy from the University of Massachusetts.
Program Director
Dr. Christal M. Albrecht serves as the MSFCP Program Director. Dr. Albrecht served as president of Alvin College from 2014 until her retirement in 2021. Before joining AC, she was campus president of Florida State College at Jacksonville’s Downtown Campus and Kent Campus and president at Pima Community College’s Desert Vista Campus. Dr. Albrecht received a Doctorate Degree in Allied Health Education and Administration from the University of Houston.
Lead Technical Assistance Financial Coach
Suzanne Matthews is the Lead Technical Assistance Financial Coach for MSFCP. She has extensive experience supporting financial coaching programs at two and four-year colleges across the nation. Until 2023, she served as the Director of the Center for Financial and Economic Education at Westchester Community College, where she led development of personal finance initiatives for the campus community, as well as the Money Smart Program.
Grant Support and Technical Assistance Coach
Beth M. Arman provides grant support and serves as a Technical Assistant Coach for MSFCP. She has nearly 30 years of community college experience, most recently as the Senior Dean of Career and Community Partnership at Diablo Valley College (DVC). She has expertise in grant writing and management, evaluation, partnership development, apprenticeship, and personnel management and coaching. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.