Benjamin A. Miller

Benjamin A. Miller was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on November 23, 1976 to Judge Stephen B. and Patricia R. Miller. He has one sister, Elizabeth A. Miller who was born in Battle Creek on September 3, 1979.
Miller was raised in Battle Creek, first attending St. Philip elementary, then Lakeview Public Schools which he attending through the completion of his Freshman year of high school. Miller spent his Sophomore year at Cranbrook Kingswood in Bloomfield Hills before transferring and graduating from South Kent School in South Kent, CT.
After beginning his undergraduate studies at the State University of New York at Oswego, Miller transferred and graduated from Northern Michigan University, in Marquette, MI with a B.S. in Political Science.
Beginning in 1997, Miller served as a staff member in the Michigan Senate. First in the office of Senator John J.H. Schwarz, M.D. (R-Battle Creek) and later in the office State Senator Don Koivisto (D-Ironwood). Prior to end of 2002, Miller took a leave from the Senate to work on the Gubernatorial campaign of then Attorney General Jennifer M. Granholm, serving as the Deputy Field Director to both the primary and general election campaigns and later serving the Governor's Office of Legislative Affairs. Miller left the Governor's office in 2003 to work as a lobbyist for the law firm of Butzel Long. Butzel Long later entered into a joint agreement with the lobby firm, Michigan Legislative Consultants known after as BLGA. Miller continued with BLGA until March 2008. Beginning in March 2008, Miller and his consulting firm, Cardinal Black Political Consulting worked on numerous local and statewide campaigns, including the Cure Michigan campaign, the campaign to legalize embryonic stem cell research in Michigan. In September 2008 Miller was offered and accepted the position of Executive Director of the Coalition for Progress, based in Kalamazoo, MI.
In 2000, as a Democrat, Miller ran for and won a seat on Calhoun County (MI) Commission. Miller served 6 years (3 terms) on the Commission, including one year as Vice Chairman and two years as Chairman. Miller did not seek re-election in 2006.

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