Ellen S. Miller
Miller in 2013
NationalityAmerican
EducationCedar Crest College
George Washington University
Organization(s)OpenSecrets, TomPaine.com,
Sunlight Foundation, Public Campaign
Known forGovernment transparency advocacy,
OpenSecrets and Sunlight Foundation; Former publisher of TomPaine.com[1]

Ellen S. Miller is an American political activist.[2] A proponent of open government, she co-founded the Sunlight Foundation in 2006, serving as the group's executive director until her retirement in 2014.[3][4] She sits on the board of directors of OpenSecrets, for which she was the founding executive director from 1984 to 1996.[5] In 1996, she founded the Public Campaign. Miller has served as deputy director of the Campaign for America's Future, as a senior fellow at The American Prospect, and as publisher of TomPaine.com.

Prior to her work in the nonprofit sector, Miller held several staff-level positions in the United States government, working for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (1975), Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (1976–1979), and the Senate Intelligence Committee (1980).[6] Miller was included in Washingtonian Magazine's 100 Tech Titans (2009),[7] Fast Company's The Most Influential Women in Technology (2009),[8] and WIRED Magazine's 15 People The Next President Should Listen To (2008).[9]

Miller is a graduate of Cedar Crest College and George Washington University.[10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sunlight Foundation Staff". Sunlight Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ↑ MULHOLLAND, JESSICA (2011-02-11). "PAST WINNERS - Ellen Miller". www.govtech.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  3. ↑ "Time to pass the baton at Sunlight".
  4. ↑ Lichterman, Joseph (March 6, 2014). "Q&A: Ellen Miller on the Sunlight Foundation's role in increasing the availability of open data". Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "OpenSecrets.org list of Board of Directors".
  6. ↑ "OpenSecrets.org Revolving Door Summary Page".
  7. ↑ "Washington's Tech Titans". May 2009.
  8. ↑ "The Most Influential Women in Technology, activists list".
  9. ↑ "Ellen Miller: Make Washington More Like the Web". Wired. 2008-09-22.
  10. ↑ Anft, Michael (2014-03-10). "Sunlight Fund Founder Helped Spur Open-Records Movement". The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
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