Ellen S. Miller
| Ellen S. Miller | |
|---|---|
 Miller in 2013 | |
| Occupation | Founder of Public Campaign, Center for Responsive Politics and Sunlight Foundation; Former publisher of TomPaine.com[1] |
Ellen S. Miller is an American political activist. 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.[2][3] She sits on the board of directors of the Center for Responsive Politics, for which she was the founding executive director from 1984 to 1996.[4] 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).[5] Miller was included in Washingtonian Magazine's 100 Tech Titans (2009),[6] Fast Company's The Most Influential Women in Technology (2009),[7] and WIRED Magazine's 15 People The Next President Should Listen To (2008).[8]
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References
- ↑ "Sunlight Foundation Staff". Sunlight Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ "Time to pass the baton at Sunlight".
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "OpenSecrets.org list of Board of Directors".
- ↑ "OpenSecrets.org Revolving Door Summary Page".
- ↑ "Washington's Tech Titans".
- ↑ "The Most Influential Women in Technology, activists list.".
- ↑ "Ellen Miller: Make Washington More Like the Web". Wired. 2008-09-22.