Grant Supports and Technical Assistance Financial Coach
beth.arman@msfcp.org
Dr. Beth Arman provides grant support and technical assistance as part of MSFCP. A past president of the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE), she brings nearly 30 years of community college administration experience and has secured over $50M in federal, state, and foundation grants. Beth has extensive experience partnering with industry, government, and community groups to build and manage workforce development programs.
As a dean at Renton Technical College, she created Washington State’s Construction Center of Excellence and launched new programs in Multi-Occupational Trades (an apprenticeship degree program awarding credit for prior learning), Construction Management, and Mechatronics. At the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) in Maryland, she served as continuing education director, creating a Construction Pre-Apprenticeship program that was a Bellwether Award finalist, building a partnership with Magna International for a manufacturing training center, and initiating a 16-college weatherization consortium.
At Diablo Valley College in California, she established a STEM Academy enabling Mt. Diablo School District Engineering Pathway students to earn up to a year of college credit by high school graduation. A partnership she helped forge with Tesla and other automation employers earned an East Bay Economic Development Alliance Innovation Award.
Beth has worked as an ESL instructor, adjunct faculty member, job developer, and organized labor program director. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.