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Middlebury, VT-based Karen Miller as Vice President for Human Resources and Risk
About the Company
Founded in 1800 and set in the beautiful Champlain Valley of Vermont, Middlebury College has long been one of the finest liberal arts colleges in the country. Our 2,450 students, from all 50 states and more than 70 countries, are part of a community devoted to teaching, learning, and collaborating. Middlebury is a nationally recognized academic institution that encompasses a liberal arts undergraduate college, 38 Schools Abroad programs, 11 summer immersion Language Schools, the Bread Loaf School of English, the Bread Loaf Writers` Conference, School of the Environment, as well as the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey—all with a shared institutional goal of doing the highest quality work for positive and global impact. With year-round operations on five continents, our employees are one of our most valuable assets, and we are committed to the success and development of our workforce. Our employees enjoy an engaging lifestyle with excellent compensation, as well as competitive benefits (health, dental, life, disability, retirement, and vision) and educational assistance programs.
About the Person
Karen L. Miller is the Vice President for Human Resources and Risk at Middlebury College, effective April 2016. Miller comes to Middlebury from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where she most recently served as special advisor to the president. At Middlebury, Miller will provide strategic leadership for the institution`s Office of Human Resources and Office of Risk and Compliance, both of which serve all of Middlebury`s schools and programs, including for the undergraduate College, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, the Middlebury Language Schools, Bread Loaf School of English, Bread Loaf Writers` Conferences, the Middlebury C.V. Starr Schools Abroad, and the Middlebury School of the Environment. Miller`s job combines two roles into one position. As vice president for human resources, she will bring a strategic perspective to staff structure, hiring, and compensation policies. Miller has served in numerous administrative positions within higher education, including academic dean at Atlanta`s John Marshall Law School and in several positions, including vice president and general counsel, vice president of administrative services, senior vice president of administration, chief of staff and chief operating officer at Morehouse College. Over the course of her tenure at Morehouse, she oversaw legal affairs and compliance, human resources, government relations, strategic planning, institutional research, and technology. Miller earned her BA from Emory University in 1979, her law degree from Harvard University in 1982, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia`s Institute of Higher Education. Miller`s research interest is in building organizational capacity, with particular emphasis on understanding and enhancing leadership capacity within higher education institutions. Prior to assuming administrative roles in higher education, Miller began her career as an attorney working with major law firms in Philadelphia and Atlanta, before opening her own firm, practicing in corporate and real estate law. She also served on the faculty at John Marshall Law School.
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