The Track Record
Dr. Mildred Coyne does not consult from the sidelines. She built the programs, led the accreditations, won the grants, and was appointed by the state to help govern higher education in Florida. When she advises your institution, she has already done the work, at scale.
Appointed · Recognized · Trusted
Dr. Coyne's Record
Everything below is Dr. Coyne's personal professional record, built across three decades and most of it as a senior leader at Broward College. It is the experience she now brings to every Coyne Workforce Solutions engagement.
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Years inside the Florida College System
$100M+
In workforce grants secured over a five-year span
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Florida colleges, as founding co-chair of the statewide Workforce Education Council
Appointed
By Florida's Governor to the Commission for Independent Education
The Path
A career of building what works.
Early career
Eastern Florida State College
Led the launch of the college's first bachelor's degree and the SACSCOC accreditation change, on Florida's Space Coast.
2018
Launched Broward UP
Created the community social-mobility initiative that brought free college into underserved neighborhoods, later assessed by Florida TaxWatch and profiled nationally by New America.
2019
Senior Vice President, Workforce Education & Innovation, Broward College
Oversaw certificates, certifications, apprenticeships, grants development, institutional research, and planning for one of the nation's largest colleges.
2020 – 2021
Aspen Rising Presidents Fellow
Selected for the Aspen Institute's national fellowship for the country's most promising future community-college presidents.
2022
Appointed by Gov. DeSantis to the Commission for Independent Education
Named to the state commission that governs Florida's independent colleges, and served as its Chair. Founding co-chair of the Florida College System Council for Workforce Education.
Today
Founder & CEO, Coyne Workforce Solutions
Now she brings that full body of experience directly to the institutions she serves.
Grants She Led
Funding she brought to the work.
$30M
U.S. Department of Education
Promise Neighborhoods grant funding a cradle-to-career pipeline for underserved communities.
$30M
MacKenzie Scott
Transformational gift to expand Broward UP, the social-mobility initiative she founded.
$6M
Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation
Foundation grant advancing college access and completion for underserved learners.
Federal, philanthropic, and foundation funding secured during her leadership at Broward College, where she launched and led Broward UP.
“We believe our model is fully replicable at other community colleges. Leadership and commitment from the top are key.”
Dr. Mildred Coyne, on Broward UP, as quoted by New America
Appointments & Leadership
Trusted to govern, not just advise.
State Appointments & Councils
Commission for Independent EducationGov. Appointed
Appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (2022); served as Chair
FL College System Council for Workforce EducationFounding Co-Chair
Statewide, across all 28 colleges
Civic & Nonprofit Boards
Across her career, Dr. Coyne has served on:
- Leadership Florida· Cornerstone Class
- Leadership Broward
- Lead Brevard
- Early Learning Coalition of BrevardBoard + Exec Cmte
- CareerSource Broward
- YMCA of South Florida
- Urban League of Broward County
In the Press, Speaking & Recognition
Her work, validated by others.
New America
A community college having none of the inequitable recovery
National think-tank profile of Broward UP, quoting her directly.
Read itFlorida TaxWatch
Independent assessment of Broward UP
Statewide watchdog assessment of the program she launched.
Read itAspen Institute
Rising Presidents Fellow profile
National recognition among the country's future college presidents.
Read itFlorida Trend
Featured in Florida's statewide business magazine
Multiple features (exact links being sourced).
Miami Tech Works · FWD2026
Panel: South Florida's high-growth sectors & Workforce Pell
February 2026, as founder of Coyne Workforce Solutions. Proof she is active in the field today.
Read itSelected Writing
She teaches the field she shaped.
From Her Record to Your Results
What Coyne Workforce Solutions delivers.
That track record now powers the firm's work for client institutions: a Workforce Audit, a funding-and-compliance blueprint, federally-eligible course shells, and the performance-reporting systems that keep programs eligible.
Client case studies with named institutions and outcomes are in development with our partner colleges.
See how we workThree decades of inside experience, on your side.
Put a proven workforce leader to work for your institution before the next federal deadline arrives.