Helen Candler Miller

Professional Summary

1978 - 1995
Helen Candler Miller has a proven record of achievement in virtually every aspect of management, major gifts development and campaign fundraising over twenty two years of senior level service to a broad range of outstanding organizations in the nonprofit sector. Her knowledge and understanding of the philanthropic process, in both donors and institutions, her experience, specialized skills, work ethic and leadership have resulted in significant contributions to the organizations she has served. She has hands-on day-to-day experience in managing and directing complex organizations, in providing insights and strategies that lead to organizational effectiveness, and in guiding organizations to success with their fundraising enterprises.

She has provided professional fundraising and management counsel to organizations in the fields of private higher education, graduate study, scientific research, botany, regional and global conservation, museums and collections management, the arts and arts education, private secondary education, college and university administration, international development, children's and women's health issues in the developing world, international relief activities, public television, medical research, hospice services, community services, and children's arts and culture.

Her personal style is informal, dynamic, and team-oriented. Her working philosophy embraces the importance of personal and professional accountability, the need for organizational consensus and confidence, and the joy that can be found in seeing organizations achieve their missions through effective fundraising.

Education
MBA 1987, UCLA, Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles
Thesis: Organizational Transition from Entrepreneurship to Professional Management
M.S. 1975, California State University, Los Angeles
Degree in Child Development and School Psychology
B.A. 1970, Occidental College, Los Angeles
Major: Psychology, Minor: Geology

Personal Interests

Helen is a native of central Texas and a graduate of St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin. As a college undergraduate she played varsity tennis and volleyball, was a member of the College Choir, wrote for the student newspaper and was elected President of her sorority. After graduation she served on her sorority's Alumnae Council and was President for one year. She was a member of the Class of 1970 20th Reunion Committee which raised more than twice the amount in gifts for the College than any prior reunion class. She has served on the major donor committee for the Los Angeles Women's Foundation and the Grants Review Committee for the Pasadena Art Alliance. She was a Trustee of the Endowment Fund for the Diggers Garden Club of Pasadena, and a Charter Founder of the Los Angeles Women's Foundation. Helen has provided pro bono counsel to many nonprofit organization personnel and trustees. She is a member of the National Society of Fundraising Executives. She has recently returned to Texas after thirty years in California.

Personal and Professional References are Available Upon Request

Last revised: January 21, 2006.