Our Team

Rick Miller

Partner

Rick Miller has extensive experience in education management, policy and communications on the federal, state and local level. His work at Capitol Impact focuses on district improvement and large scale collaboration between educational organizations.

Miller serves as the Chief Executive Officer of CORE Districts. The CORE districts is a learning partnership between eight large California school districts, representing over a million students.

Prior to joining Capitol Impact, Miller was a Deputy State Superintendent at the California Department of Education. In this position, Miller developed policy recommendations on promising ways to improve student achievement throughout California specifically focused on closing the state’s achievement gaps from Prek to Higher Education.

Previously Miller worked at Microsoft Corporation developing communications strategies on privacy, security, and overall corporate image. Miller also served as a strategic communications advisor to the Chancellor of the California State University System (CSU). Prior to working at CSU, Miller served the U.S. Department of Education in Washington D.C. as Press Secretary to Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education in the Clinton Administration. Miller also spent time during those years periodically detailed to the White House Office of Advance where he traveled domestically and internationally on behalf of President Clinton.

Rick lives in Rocklin, California with his wife Julie, an elementary school speech therapist. They have two children: Casey, a graduate from the University of Washington and Ryan, a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Rick also serves on the board of the Placer County Food Bank and previously served as an elected member of the Rocklin Unified School Board.