Summary
Liz Arnold is a seasoned leader in career development and experiential education with over 20 years of experience designing programs that help emerging and established professionals pivot into tech, entrepreneurship, and public leadership. She has built recruiting and professional development pipelines at Google, Endeca, Cornell Johnson, and through her coaching firm Digital Orchards, combining strategic program design with hands-on career coaching. Liz blends higher-education rigor (Princeton, UA, Geneva) with startup and corporate experience, and has a proven track record launching scalable university and fellowship programs that connect learners, faculty, and employers. Her recent roles include leading member engagement and professional development at the Truman Project and serving as Professor of Practice in Community Impact at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School. Beyond career strategy, she brings practical operational chops—budget oversight, volunteer and staff management, and grant and public-works program design—and has served on multiple local boards while holding an elected village trustee role. Known for strategic foresight and relationship-building, she pairs a futurist perspective with tactical execution to strengthen communities and career ecosystems.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) International Organizations/Public-Private Partnerships, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) International Organizations/Public-Private Partnerships at University of Geneva
Summer Study, Summer Study at Semester At Sea / ISE
AB Religion American Studies African-American Studies, AB Religion American Studies African-American Studies at Princeton University
French, Spanish, English