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Ellen Miller Group
Ellen Miller Group is certified as a WBE (woman-owned business enterprise) with the City of Kansas City, Missouri.
P. Fisher & Associates
P. Fisher & Associates knows that libraries are in business to serve customers and believe that understanding customers and giving them what they want are the keys to effective organizations. Read more
P. Jim Connor
Founder of Trustee College, Jim Connor has more than 40 years of education and practical experience in community leadership and organization management. He has been nicknamed "the traveling trustee" by his colleagues because of his extensive travel for Leadership Institutes, workshops and keynote presentations across the country. Check out his "Trustee Responsibilities and Self-Evaluation Guide" DVD. Read more
Hoober & Associates
Hoober & Associates produces a variety of internal and external marketing materials, from direct mail, newsletters and annual reports to catalogs, marketing brochures and Web sites — including this one. Read more
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Ellen Miller Group's veteran team has proven over the years that it understands complex client environments.
Every client has different needs . . .
With their wealth of experience, Ellen Miller and other members of the team can meet the needs of a wide range of organizations.
Besides Ellen Miller herself, other team members include Hoober & Associates, P. Fisher & Associates and Jim Connor.
A wealth of experience
Before founding the firm in 1990, Ellen G. Miller was Vice President of Account Services for a Kansas City public relations and marketing firm. Clients served included the Kansas City Public Schools and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.
Previously, Miller had spent 20 years designing and implementing information systems at the University of Cincinnati, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, Public Schools and the Library of Congress.
At the University of Cincinnati Computing Center, she was Director, Outside Contract Services, and then Director, Library Systems Development, for the main campus, the medical campus and three branch campuses.
Ellen finds that having worn all three library hats — employee, Friend and trustee — helps in understanding complex client situations. She was on the Johnson County, Kansas, Library Board from 1993 to '01; between 2001 and 2007, she sat on the Kansas State Library Advisory Commission. Being founding and former president of the Kansas Library Trustee Association (KLTA) and formerly an ALTA regional VP provide a broader view that clients find valuable. She edits the KLTA newsletter.
In addition, Ellen has conducted public involvement campaigns for municipalities large and small contemplating roadway, stormwater, bridge and water improvements. The goal? Helping citizens become partners with city staff. Plus she's authored many articles and books for the water industry. Other related experience includes president of Friends of the Johnson County, Kansas, Library during a major restructuring. In 2000, she was named to the National Advocacy Honor Roll sponsored by ALTA and ALA. Her B.S. is from the University of Oregon and her M.S. from the University of Illinois.