Who am I?

Adam Begody first served Earn to Learn as a Workforce Development Officer in 2016. During this time, he laid the groundwork for many of the organization’s workforce development partnerships that we have today. One of his most noteworthy contributions was establishing a partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management of Greater Tucson (SHRM-GT), which provides our students with free webinars on interviewing strategies, résumé building, internships, and career exploration. Because of the great success of this relationship, Adam won an award for Leadership from SHRM-GT in 2018.

Driven by his passion for providing pathways to education for all, Adam rejoined Earn to Learn in 2024 as the Director of Corporate Engagement. In this role, he will be solidifying our relationships with our current corporate partners and seeking opportunities for new ones to better serve our students with even more opportunities as we continue our push toward national expansion.

Adam is an avid sports fan and enjoys playing pickleball in his spare time. When he’s not rooting on his alma mater Ohio State, you can find him enjoying Arizona Football and Basketball with his wife, Rina, and daughter, Elliot.

Areas of Expertise:

• Facilitate and support the day-to-day work of direct report(s), ensuring they have the information, overall guidance, and resources needed to meet departmental and Earn to Learn goals
• Coach, mentor, and develop staff; conduct regular 1:1 meetings with direct report(s)
• Oversee goal setting, administer annual performance evaluations, and support Individual Development Plans for direct report(s)
• Lead the strategic planning, goal setting, and decision-making processes regarding the direction of corporate engagement efforts, and report on plans, progress, and achievements internally
• Identify and connect with potential corporate champions/partners to expand ETL’s business relations across the state and increase the Earn to Learn team’s awareness of and collaboration with corporate partners
• Engage with local and state organizations to expand networking opportunities, identify partnership opportunities, and forward the Earn to Learn’s mission with the business community
• Develop innovative, holistic strategies and programs such as networking opportunities, committees, webinars, and community-based events that build and consistently engage corporate champions who advocate for the advancement of Earn to Learn’s mission, vision, and goals that can be replicated and brought to scale across the nation
• Identify best practices and innovative ways to engage with the Arizona business community to further support student success in higher education and workforce development initiatives using research, articles and reports, industry collaboration, conferences, webinars, online trainings, and other professional development
• Lead efforts to establish new collaborating corporate partnerships to introduce the scholarship program to more businesses, both locally and nationally, including initiating conversations, confirming partnership parameters, and implementing MOUs and Annual Collaboration Plans
• Identify and build high-value corporate partnerships to promote programming and the expansion of workforce development programs, including the recruitment of mentors and webinar facilitators