Executive Director at Post Carbon Institute
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Interim Executive Director at Post Carbon Institute
- Founder at Climate Changers
- Past
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- Youth Volunteer Manager at Volunteer Center of Sonoma County
- Consulting at Asher Miller Consulting (Self-employed)
- Partnership Director at Plugged In
- Project Manager at Medicine Planet
- Ghost Writer at Anonymous Client (Self-employed)
- Production Coordinator at Shoah Foundation
- Education
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- Colorado College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Non-Profit Organization Management
- Websites
Asher Miller’s Summary
Experience:
Nonprofit manager with extensive program development, strategic planning, fund development, staff management, and community relations experience. Direct experience both conceiving and directing programs that harness computer and internet technologies to create social change. Passionate visionary, excellent written and verbal communicator.
Goals:
Two events recently changed my life: The birth of my son and viewing An Inconvenient Truth. My dream is to use all my creative and strategic thinking skills to help solve the climate crisis and secure a future with promise for my son and the next seven generations.
Asher Miller’s Specialties:
strategic planning, project management, personnel management, grant writing, donor relations, contract/grant reporting, program evaluation.
Asher Miller’s Experience
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Interim Executive Director
Post Carbon Institute
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)
March 2008 — Present (8 months)
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Founder
Climate Changers
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)
2006 — Present (2 years)
Climate Changers is an initiative that inspires people to reduce their personal impact on the climate. We help Americans address their role in the climate crisis by focusing on simple and achievable actions anyone can take. Our core offering is Climate Champions, a web based application designed specifically for groups of people, working individually and collectively, to lower their climate impact.
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Youth Volunteer Manager
Volunteer Center of Sonoma County
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years)
*Managed the day-to-day activities and program development of the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC), the largest teen volunteer program in Sonoma County
*Engaged more than 1,000 teens in community service through group projects and volunteer matching
*Developed a youth-driven leadership program, which recruited, trained and managed 20 high school students in planning more than two dozen community service projects each year
*Collaborated with more than two dozen youth-serving organizations to plan annual conferences that engaged more than 400 teens in health, environment and social justice
*Advised several nonprofits and conducted trainings on development of effective youth volunteer and leadership programs -
Consulting
Asher Miller Consulting (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 2002 — December 2004 (2 years 3 months)
*Provided grant research and writing assistance to several nonprofit organizations, including securing more than $200,000 for the Okizu Foundation and more $30,000 for Zeum (in less than four months)
*Provided fundraising, organizational and programmatic development support to Listening for a Change
*Assisted Just Think in development and execution of outreach campaign for Hidden Heroes
*Founded The Telling Tree, a nonprofit project dedicated to transforming the lives of young people and their communities through visual history programs -
Partnership Director
Plugged In
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2001 — October 2002 (1 year 9 months)
*Directed the strategic development, day-to-day operations, adoption, and long-term sustainability efforts of the East Palo Alto Community Network,
*Managed department of four full-time and four part-time staff and a three-year budget in excess of $2,000,000 in cash and in-kind donations
*Managed development of open source community portal and citizen journalism program for epa.net
*Secured over $375,000 in cash and in-kind donations
*Facilitated strategic planning process to determine organization’s approach for expanding its impact beyond East Palo Alto
*Identified, developed, and nurtured key relationships with internal and external stakeholders
*Documented organizational and programmatic methodologies and developed training sessions for both internal use and to aid other community technology efforts
*Served as consultant for over 100 visitors and contacts from around the world -
Project Manager
Medicine Planet
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
*Managed product development process for wireless and PC-based services from conception to engineering
*Developed strategic vision and numerous features for an online community, served as content manager, conducted interviews, and wrote and edited numerous articles
*Designed web-based product utilizing “click-through-activism” to provide medical assistance to children in developing nations
*Worked closely with marketing, business development, engineering, content, and medical teams to conceive product ideas and ensure value, quality and functionality of products -
Ghost Writer
Anonymous Client (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
March 1998 — May 1999 (1 year 3 months)
*Wrote 300+ pages of autobiography for Holocaust survivor/partisan, including significant detail about pre-war life, war-time experience, and post-war activities
*Conducted over 200 hours of extensive interviews with survivor & family members
*Designed maps of largely uncharted, forested regions of Poland and *Conducted extensive research and verified numerous facts to ensure historical accuracy -
Production Coordinator
Shoah Foundation
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)
June 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 10 months)
*Supervised the coordination of over 3,000 interviews conducted with Holocaust survivors, rescuers, liberators, and witnesses living in 18 countries
*Managed in-house staff in data collection and production tasks
*Supervised & supported part-time staff located in 14 countries, on four continents
*Coordinated interviewer training sessions, hired part-time staff and served as Foundation Community Relations liaison in above-mentioned regions
Asher Miller’s Education
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Colorado College
B.A., English, Creative Writing, 1992 — 1996
- Activities and Societies:
- Dean’s list: 1994-1996
Received 1995 Colorado College Literature Award
ACM Florence & London Program: 1994
Additional Information
Asher Miller’s Websites:
Asher Miller’s Groups:
Board of Directors, Listening for a Change
Clean Tech/ Green Business Advisor, John Edwards Campaign
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Renewable Energy Business Network -
BBYO Alumni
Asher Miller’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
