Anthony Miller
Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Department of Education
Tony Miller is the deputy secretary and chief operating officer at the U.S. Department of Education, managing a broad range of operational, management and program functions. Prior to joining the department in 2009, he was an operating partner with Silver Lake, a leading private equity firm. Prior to that, he was executive vice president of operations with LRN Corp., a compliance software and eLearning company. Previously he was a partner at McKinsey & Co. specializing in growth strategies, operating performance improvement and restructuring. Miller began his professional career with Delco Electronics, a subsidiary of GM Hughes Electronics, where he managed regional channel marketing. He has also been an advisor to the Los Angeles and Santa Monica-Malibu unified school districts, developing student achievement goals and strategies, aligning budgets and operating plans, and designing metrics and processes for overseeing districtwide performance. A graduate of Purdue University, he holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.