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Melvin John P. Miller, M.Div.

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Melvin Miller is a recognized trainer, coach, preacher and creative artist, who has extensive experience designing and delivering programs and workshops concerning a variety of topics; particularly around the distinctions of leadership, diversity, social innovation, corporate responsibility, personal transformation, contribution, radical inclusion, and youth/young adult development. Mr. Miller consistently inspires audiences and participants to critically reflect and creatively respond to issues facing our society and ourselves with actions that make a sustainable difference.

Mr. Miller is the Founder/Creative Director of Melvin Miller Presents, Inc. and the Global Youth Leadership Institute, home of the award winning Step Team for Social Justice. He is also a senior consultant for Nike on their regional, national and global programming for social innovation and corporate responsibility. He has delivered presentations and led workshops and trainings for NGOs, corporations and government organizations. Clients have included Google, The U.S. Office of the World Council of Churches, The NYC Mayor’s Office, Columbia, Princeton, and New York Universities, The American Heart Association, and The Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America.

He holds the Bachelor of Arts in American History and Dance from Columbia University and the Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary with a concentration in Systematic Theology. He is a non-denominational, ordained minister and was formerly on the staff of The Riverside Church where he served as the Director for Youth and Young Adults under the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. He currently serves as an Associate Minister at The Fort Washington Collegiate Church in New York City, while also completing a residency at Hartford Hospital in their Clinical Pastoral Education Program.

Mr. Miller has presented nationally and internationally and collaborated professionally with artists, producers, activists and theologians such as Debbie Allen, Andre León Talley, Alice Walker, Alicia Graf, John Hope Bryant, Reginald Yates, Cissy Houston, A. Curtis Farrow, Hyun Kyun Chung, Dr. James A. Forbes, Desmond Tutu, and The Dalai Lama. He continues to deliver trainings, workshops, speeches and lectures nationally and internationally.