Liz Arnold

Liz Arnold is the Cramer Family Professor of Practice in Community Impact at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where she teaches experiential courses on civic leadership, community engagement and applied social innovation.

Her approach to civic life is rooted in experience—she believes public engagement is most powerful when it's relational and embedded in community. Arnold currently serves as an elected trustee for the Village of Homer, New York; president of the Zonta Club of Cortland; and a gubernatorial appointee to the SUNY Cortland College Council. She also served on the economic development committee that helped her village secure a $10 million New York State Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant—translating community needs into actionable proposals that won state investment.   

Before joining Maxwell, Arnold spent two decades building leadership programs at institutions, companies and startups including Google, Cornell's Johnson School of Management, MIT and the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership. She also served as director of leadership engagement and impact at the Truman National Security Project, developing training programs for civic leaders and veterans nationwide.   

Arnold holds an MBA in international organizations from the School of Economics and Management at the Université de Genève, an M.A. in higher education administration from the University of Arizona, and a B.A. in religion from Princeton University.