PROFILE   |   Beth Collins

Beth Collins Improvement Coach

Dr. Beth Collins is passionate about enhancing educational outcomes and driving student success. She excels at developing and implementing innovative strategies, skillfully leveraging collective impact models and leading cross-sector collaborations.

As a founding system leader of the NASH Transfer Student Success Improvement Community for the past three years, Dr. Collins has proudly led multiple teams from Kentucky through the collaboratives, at all levels from introductory to advanced. Bringing together 2-year and 4-year institutions, her work has focused on significantly enhancing the student transfer experience in Kentucky through improvement science, yielding breakout results with some campuses seeing 50+% improvement in student enrollments. Improvement science has taught Beth that real growth requires persistence, patience, and a willingness to be imperfect.

Known for securing stakeholder alignment and leading complex initiatives, Dr. Collins empowers diverse teams to expand access and opportunities for underserved populations. Currently, Beth is focused on driving system change in education and providing executive coaching to enhance organizational effectiveness.