Anne Arundel Community College has named Kip A. Kunsman the assistant dean for Workforce Development. In that role, he oversees the Center for Workforce Solutions, Technology Training and the college’s noncredit Cyber initiatives.
Kunsman brings more than 20 years’ experience in workforce development to the position. He began at AACC in 2006 as the director of the Center for Workforce Solutions and served in that position for five years before becoming the director of AACC’s CyberCenter in 2011. In that role, he oversaw contracts for both credit and noncredit cybersecurity courses and training and identified and developed strategic partnerships to enhance the college’s cyber programs.
Before coming to AACC, Kunman worked in training and professional development at Baltimore City Community College’s Business and Continuing Education Center, as a workforce development coordinator in the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development in Baltimore City and as manager of Administrative and Regulatory Operations for the Maryland Governor’s Workforce Investment Board.
He is active in the business community, serving on the board of the Chesapeake Regional Technology Council and as national coordinator for the Regional Champions Program for Global Corporate College from 2011-present. Kunsman also was a member of the West County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors from 2006-2012. He has a Bachelor of Science in Emergency Health Services Management from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a Master of Science in Human Resources Development from Towson University.